Sweepless night for Dodger fans as Yankees take Game 4, leaving World Series at 3-1

NEW YORK (KABC) -- It was a historic night for Freddie Freeman - but not so much fun for the rest of his team.

The Dodgers first baseman opened Game 4 of the World Series by making history, blasting yet another home run off the Yankees.

It marked the fourth game in a row with a Freeman homer in this series - and sixth in a row for him personally, dating back to the last two games of the 2021 World Series when he was with Atlanta.

Freeman seems destined to be named World Series MVP. He has 10 RBIs in the series, the most ever by a single player in one World Series. He's also the only player to hit homers in six consecutive World Series games.

Some Dodger fans live in New York and they're gathering at a few common spots during the World Series.

But the Dodgers couldn't build off that momentum, letting the Yankees avoid the sweep in front of their home crowd with an 11-4 win.

The Dodgers now lead the World Series 3-1 and have another chance to win it all in Game 5 Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. If necessary, Games 6 and 7 return the series to Los Angeles.

After Freeman's first inning blast electrified Dodger fans, a moment that was stunning for different reasons came just minutes later with the Yankees' first at-bat.

Gleyber Torres smacked a Ben Casparius 96-mph fastball deep to right. The ball drifted just wide of the pole as Mookie Betts made a leaping catch at the wall to snag the foul.

But two fans grabbed onto Betts' arm and one literally pried his glove open to free the ball. The umpires called interference and the fans were thrown out of Yankee Stadium.

Freeman's homer had given the Dodgers a 2-1 lead early in Game 4.

But the Yankees fought back, taking their first series lead since Game 1, as shortstop Anthony Volpe smashed a grand slam to make it 5-2 in the third.

A Will Smith homer and a Freeman groundout RBI in the fifth followed by an Austin Wells homer in the sixth made it 6-4 Yankees heading into the seventh.

Then the floodgates opened in the eighth.

Volpe slid home and avoided the tag on a Verdugo groundout to make it 7-4. A Torres three-run homer widened the gap to 10-4. And an Aaron Judge single sent Juan Soto home for 11-4.

Game 5's starters are expected to be a rematch of the aces from Game 1, Jack Flaherty and Gerrit Cole.