The Los Angeles Dodgers won again Saturday night to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series over the New York Yankees. But the Dodgers will head to New York uncertain about the health of their biggest star after Shohei Ohtani partially dislocated his left shoulder on a slide when he tried to steal second base. The player was checked out, per the AP, and his manager reported: "The strength was great. The range of motion good." On Sunday, Dave Roberts told ESPN that Ohtani has been cleared to play in Game 3 on Monday night.
The Japanese slugger—and presumptive National League MVP—was 0 for 3 with a walk in the game, which he left in the seventh inning. He is 1 for 8 in the first two games of the Fall Classic and is batting .260 with three home runs and 10 RBIs in his first postseason in the majors. "That was tough. You never like seeing the best player in the game get injured like that," Yankees superstar Aaron Judge said. "Trying to steal a base like that there, and something like that happens."
- The game: As for the game, the Dodgers won 4-2 as Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed one hit over 6 1/3 innings and Freddie Freeman homered for the second straight night. Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernández also went deep off starter Carlos Rodón, who tied a Yankees World Series record by allowing three home runs. New York was held to one hit before the ninth, when the Yankees closed to 4-2 on Giancarlo Stanton's one-out RBI single against Blake Treinen. Anthony Volpe struck out with the bases loaded, and Alex Vesia came in to retire pinch-hitter Jose Trevino on a first-pitch flyout for his first postseason save.
- Big stat: Forty-five of 56 teams holding 2-0 World Series leads have gone on to win the title.
This file has been updated with Ohtani being cleared to play Monday. (Game 1
had a stunning finale.)
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