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Yankees vs. Dodgers live updates: Freddie Freeman sinks Bombers with walk-off slam

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Oct 26, 2024

Game 1 of the Yankees vs. Dodgers World Series is finally here.

Gerrit Cole is set to start for New York, and Jack Flaherty will get the nod for Los Angeles.

The Dodgers opened as -130 (via BetMGM) series favorites.

The Yankees will try to prove the sportsbooks wrong en route to their first World Series victory since 2009.

Will the Bronx Bombers keep their postseason magic going?

Or will Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers be too much to handle?

Follow The Post’s live updates for the latest World Series score, news and more.

Follow The Post’s coverage of the Yankees in the postseason:

Verdugo talks positives

By Andrew Battifarano
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There’s still hope for Yankees — even if that World Series loss was as devastating as it gets

By Mike Vaccaro

You don’t always get Game 1s like this one. And when they bite you, it hurts. This one’ll hurt. The Yankees were one out away from the most remarkable win you’ll ever see. Instead Freddie Freeman hit one to Santa Barbara.

Freddie Freeman, longtime Mets killer.

Freddie Freeman, newfound Yankees killer. His grand slam ended this one, turning a 3-2 Yankees lead it into a 6-3 Dodgers win. It really was something.

Freddie Freeman gave the Dodgers a critical 1-0 World Series lead.
Freddie Freeman gave the Dodgers a critical 1-0 World Series lead. AP

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Yankees need to drop Aaron Judge in batting order — before it’s too late

By Jon Heyman

The great Aaron Judge needs to be moved down in the batting order. Not all the way down to the No. 8 hole, a la slumping Alex Rodriguez in 2006. But down to the cleanup spot, anyway.

Hard to imagine Aaron Boone giving even the slightest of demotions to his favorite player (they are all his favorites but he’s his particular favorite, and for good reason). But it really should happen.

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Anthony Rizzo remains confident

By Andrew Battifarano
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Mookie Betts talks intentional walk

By Andrew Battifarano
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Nestor Cortes opens up on final at-bat

By Andrew Battifarano
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By Mark Sanchez

LOS ANGELES — After a 15-year wait, the Yankees returned to the World Series with a classic. 

And with the kind of emotional roller coaster and dizzying devastation that can only be delivered in October. 

Playing in the Fall Classic for the first time since 2009, the Yankees squandered one-run leads in the eighth and 10th and let Game 1 slip through their fingers with one Freddie Freeman swing. 

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Aaron Judge discusses loss

By Andrew Battifarano
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Aaron Boone explains using Nestor Cortes over Tim Hill

By Andrew Battifarano
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Watch: The Post breaks down Game 1

By Andrew Battifarano
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Bases loaded, Nestor Cortes in and it's over...

By Andrew Battifarano

After Alex Verdugo made an unreal catch, the Yankees walked Betts to face Freddie Freeman. The first baseman called game. Walk-off grand slam. Dodgers win Game 1. Wow.

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