{"id":4114,"date":"2024-10-31T07:24:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T07:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=4114"},"modified":"2024-10-31T07:24:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T07:24:22","slug":"yankees-commit-three-defensive-blunders-in-nightmare-fifth-inning-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=4114","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Commit Three Defensive Blunders in Nightmare Fifth-Inning Meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York’s five-run lead quickly disappeared thanks to a flurry of ugly mistakes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cole allowed five runs (none earned) in his Game 5 start. \/ Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/div>\n
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It appeared the\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0were on their way to forcing a Game 6 in commanding fashion when they opened up an early 5\u20130 lead over the\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0on Tuesday night in Game 5 of the 2024 World Series.<\/p>\n

That lead disappeared in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n

After Kike Hernandez led off the inning with a base hit, the Yankees continued to shoot themselves in the foot for the rest of the frame. Tommy Edman reached base when Aaron Judge dropped a routine fly ball, which was his first error of the 2024 season, and Will Smith got aboard on a throwing error from Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe.<\/p>\n

With the bases loaded, Yankees starter Gerrit Cole whiffed Gavin Lux and Shohei Ohtani for the inning’s first two outs. And when he got Mookie Betts to hit a soft ground ball to first baseman Anthony Rizzo, it appeared the Yankees would get out of the inning with no harm done.<\/p>\n

But Cole didn’t cover first base, and Betts beat Rizzo to the bag to bring home a run.<\/p>\n

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