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Los Angeles Dodgers hang around late to earn their third victory of the World Series

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Los Angeles Dodgers hang around late to earn their third victory of the World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers held off a late comeback by the New York Yankees to take a 3-0 lead in the World Series.

The Dodgers scored two runs in the first inning and increased their lead in the third and sixth en route to a 4-2 victory.

The result puts Los Angeles within one win of securing their eighth World Series title and first since 2020.

Los Angeles got a boost prior to the first pitch when design hitter Shohei Ohtani was cleared to play after partially dislocating his left shoulder in the second game of the series.

The Japanese star earned a walk but went without a hit, with Canadian-American star Freddie Freeman taking the burden with a home run for the third straight game.

His 100-yard bomb in the first inning sent both he and Ohtani around the bases to secure an early 2–0 lead.

Tommy Edman scored on a Mookie Betts single in the third, while Los Angeles improved to a 4-0 lead in the sixth when an Enrique Hernandez single to center sent home Gavin Lux.

A two-run homer by Alex Verdugo in the ninth kept a window open for New York, but the team ultimately failed to capitalize.