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Previewing Game 5 of the World Series: Dodgers vs Yankees - Odds and Predictions

Previewing Game 5 of the World Series: Dodgers vs Yankees - Odds and Prediction


Previewing Game 5 of the World Series: Dodgers vs Yankees - Odds and Predictions | Picks n' Previews

The Yankees capitalized on the Dodgers' bullpen day in Game 4 to dominate Los Angeles and compel at least a fifth game in the World Series.

The final game of the 2024 season at Yankees Stadium will occur on Wednesday night, with New York striving to send the series back to Los Angeles.

It will also feature a rematch between the Game 1 starters, with the Dodgers sending Jack Flaherty to the mound and the Yankees countering with Gerrit Cole.

ODDS AND TRENDS

As they were for each of the first two games in the Bronx, the Yankees are a consensus 1.5-run favorite ahead of Game 5. They have been the popular choice at BetRivers, where the Yankees have been backed by 78 percent of the run-line money while their -143 moneyline odds have drawn 91 percent of the money and 58 percent of the total bets.

Tuesday night's 11-4 victory by New York raised the average run total per game from 7.0 to 9.0. The Over/Under for Game 5 is 8.0 runs at BetRivers, where the Under has been backed by 68 percent of the money while the Over has garnered 67 percent of the total bets.

KEY STAT

Of the 24 previous teams that fell behind 3-0 in the World Series, 21 were swept in four games and the other three were eliminated in Game 5.

THE NEWS

The Yankees hit .186 in the first three games and scored a total of seven runs. The Dodgers then grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Wednesday before Anthony Volpe sparked a comeback.

"They're just like, 'Let's go get it,'" New York manager Aaron Boone said of his players. "Again, these guys love playing with each other, and you kind of got that sense before the game. And obviously as the game unfolded, it kind of got better and better tonight.

"It's one game. We wanted to get it to tomorrow, and we've done that. Excited for the opportunity tomorrow."

The Yankees are now hitting .206 in the series after posting their highest-scoring World Series game since a 12-2 win over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1978 Fall Classic.

Besides Volpe, Austin Wells and Gleyber Torres homered for New York. Aaron Judge hit an RBI single and walked, and every New York player except Anthony Rizzo reached base at least once.

"We're just going to play our game," Volpe said. "We feel like if we do that and we play the way we know we're capable of playing, they can -- they're obviously a good team, and they can do what they do and whatever they want to do. We just have so much confidence in us that we play ... that way, we feel like we'll win."

The Dodgers had few highlights other than Freddie Freeman setting a pair of major league records by homering in his sixth straight World Series game and becoming the first player to homer in the opening four games of a Fall Classic. Los Angeles mustered just six hits and went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

"We're up 3-1 right now," Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts said. "We feel pretty good about it, but you know that they're going to fight. It doesn't matter what the score is and it doesn't matter when it is; they're going to fight. So, I mean, no lead is safe until you win the fourth game."

STARTING REMATCH

Flaherty (1-2, 6.10 ERA in the postseason) allowed eight runs in three innings during Game 5 of the NLCS against the New York Mets on Oct. 18, but he opened the World Series by allowing two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Flaherty departed his first World Series start due to hamstring tightness he felt on the pitch before allowing a two-run homer to Giancarlo Stanton on his final delivery, but he said he feels fine now.

"It's caused a little extra work that I normally wouldn't have to do, but I'm feeling good today, felt good yesterday during my bullpen (session)," Flaherty said before Game 4. "At this point, it's not anything I'm worried about."

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