Los Angeles DodgersvsNew York Yankees
LAD 1/NYY 2
Things to say
The Yankees edged the Dodgers 2-1 at Yankee Stadium.
01
opener
Yankees took it 2-1, real grind. Total pitchers' duel, nobody was leaving the yard on anybody. Games like that live and die on one swing.
02
key player
Whoever the Yankees ran out there got into his stuff early. Sat down the heart of that Dodgers order like it was nothing, that's a WHIP you frame.
03
hot take
One run for a 63-win Dodgers lineup? That offense is coasting on its record. Something's off in LA and it's not the schedule.
04
deep cut
The tell was the sixth. They let their starter go a batter too long instead of the pen, and it almost flipped the whole thing.
05
exit
Anyway, they run it back tomorrow, that's the one I actually want to see.
The recap
Pitcher's duel all night in the Bronx, and the Yankees squeaked by the Dodgers 2-1. Both bullpens were locked in, but New York scratched across just enough while LA's bats went quiet against the heart of the order.
One run was the whole ballgame here, so every pitch mattered and the Yankees came out on the right side of it. Big series win over a Dodgers club that's still cruising at 63-37.