Shohei Ohtani is injured as Los Angeles Dodgers extend World Series lead

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees 4-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series, but suffered an injury loss to Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani.

The Dodgers completed the weekend double on home soil before heading to New York, as the Yankees could not score more than one run and loaded the bases in the ninth inning.

Ohtani, who is a favorite to be named National League MVP after hitting 54 home runs in his first season with the Dodgers after moving from the Los Angeles Angels, left the game after injuring his left arm while playing in the seventh inning slid to second base. .

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he partially dislocated his left shoulder.

Freddie Freeman hit a home run for the second consecutive night, a day after becoming the first person to hit a walk-off grand slam in the World Series to end game one.

He has hit home runs in four consecutive World Series games, dating back to Atlanta’s last two wins over Houston in 2021.

Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernandez also hit home runs as the Dodgers opened a 4-1 lead in the third inning, Juan Soto responding with a home run of his own.

Soto’s home run was the only hit allowed by Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the only one the Yankees managed until the ninth inning.

Soto eventually ended that run and narrowed the deficit when Giancarlo Stanton added another run from the third base bag.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled and Anthony Rizzo was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out, but the Yankees could force no more runs.

The best-of-seven series moves to Yankee Stadium on Monday night with game three.