Yankees vs. Dodgers: Yoshinobu Yamamoto leads L.A. to 2-0 World Series lead, but everyone holds their breath for Shohei Ohtani

Now, the series heads to New York for Game 3, with the Yankees in as must-win of a situation as it can be without elimination on the line.

They'll have Clarke Schmidt on the mound against Walker Buehler on Monday at Yankee Stadium.

Alex Vesia celebrates harder than anyone on the Dodgers. It was no different after he got out of a bases-loaded, ninth-inning jam in the World Series.

Unsurprisingly, Vegas quite likes the Dodgers' chances to close out their eighth World Series title.

Alex Vesia gets out of it with a Trevino flyout. And breathe.

Treinen, on his 33rd pitch of the inning, strikes out Anthony Volpe. Dave Roberts finally pulls him and brings in Alex Vesia with the game on the line. The Yankees respond by pinch-hitting Jose Trevino for Austin Wells.

The Dodgers keeping Blake Treinen in this game, with Alex Vesia warmed in the bullpen, is absolutely bizarre. Dave Roberts is betting on his top bullpen arm, and it's going to be ugly if it goes against him.

Stealing bases had been the story of Ohtani's season, as he went from a fast but inefficient baserunner to one of the best in baseball in his first season with the Dodgers. He made MLB history with the first 50-50 season, finishing the year with 59 steals on 63 attempts, but the postseason was another story for that skill.

The play on which he was injured was only his second attempt of the playoffs, with no successes.

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Oh, no. Shohei Ohtani was caught stealing and is grabbing his left arm in pain.

Shohei Ohtani is 0-for-3 tonight, but the Yankees still want very little to do with him. Clay Holmes threw him five pitches, and none was in the zone. That's a leadoff walk with Mookie Betts coming up.

Anthony Volpe flies out, and the Dodgers are six outs from taking a 2-0 lead in the World Series.

Anthony Rizzo, the active career leader in HBP, gets on base after Banda grazes his hand with a fastball. The Yankees get their first baserunner since Soto's homer in the third, but with two outs in the seventh.

The Dodgers gave Yamamoto the biggest contract in the history of pitching to keep him away from the Yankees and Mets last offseason. With the start he delivered tonight, that's looking like a bargain.

Yamamoto gets Stanton to fly out, and here comes Dave Roberts. Yamamoto retired his last 11 batters faced and receives a standing ovation and "Yoshi" chants from Dodger Stadium as he heads to the dugout. In comes Anthony Banda.

Yamamoto's final line: 6 1/3 inning, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 86 pitches.

Banda is left-handed, so we'll see if Yamamoto gets the full inning. The left-handed Jazz Chisholm and Anthony Rizzo are due up after Stanton, so this might be a one-batter assignment for Yamamoto.

Will Smith grounds out, and we're headed to the seventh. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is staying in with a big matchup against Giancarlo Stanton looming.

Again, you can't rule out the Yankees, but this is very bad.

Tim Hill retires Kiké Hernández and Max Muncy, and that will do it for him after a perfect 1 1/3 innings. Clay Holmes enters to face Will Smith with two outs.

This is looking bad for the Yankees, but here's the thing: They have crushed a lot of spirits in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings this postseason. You cannot count them out with them down only three runs.

Yamamoto has allowed only one hit — the Juan Soto home run — and three baserunners total while striking out four in six innings. Much was made entering this game about how his best game of the regular season was against the Yankees, and, well, he's replicating that.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto goes 1-2-3 against the top of the Yankees lineup in eight pitches, with another strikeout of Aaron Judge. That was impressive, and the Dodgers will probably keep riding him.

Hill strikes Tommy Edman out looking to keep the fifth inning scoreless. And Yoshinobu Yamamoto stays in to face the top of the Yankees order in the top of the sixth.

No one is warming in the Dodgers bullpen.

Freeman hits a soft fly to right field, and swung and missed on a first-pitch inside fastball (the same pitch Nestor Cortes threw him).

Yankees fans, discuss.

Teoscar Hernández stays hot with a single off Jake Cousins, and now Aaron Boone is bringing Tim Hill in to face Freddie Freeman. As many Yankees fans wish he'd done last night.

However, the bigger concern for the Yankees might be that the sidearmer will have to face lefty-crusher Tommy Edman unless Freeman hits into a double play.

Another scoreless inning for Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who is now at 72 pitches through five. The top of the lineup is due up next inning, though, so we'll see how cautious the Dodgers want to play with the third time through the order.

Cousins gets Ohtani to ground out to end the inning. It's still 4-1 Dodgers through four.

Stats are still coming in on Freddie Freeman.

Will Smith welcomes Jake Cousins with a double to the center-field wall. Big hit there because it means Shohei Ohtani will probably be facing the righty Cousins, though Cousins is good on both sides of the plate.

Rodón's final line: 3 1/3 innings, 6 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3 HR, 63 pitches. Just a bad matchup for a solid pitcher.

Rodón strikes out Muncy, and that will do it for him. Jake Cousins, who took the loss last night after allowing a hit and a walk in three batters, is taking over.

The Yankees bullpen has 5 2/3 innings to cover, which probably isn't what Aaron Boone was envisioning tonight.

The Yankees are indeed keeping Rodón in for the fourth inning. Maybe not a surprise with the back half of the lineup due up, but you could also see them pulling him after the left-handed Max Muncy.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a scoreless fourth inning, and just as significantly, needs only 10 pitches to do it. He has thrown 62, and the Dodgers would certainly like it if he can go longer than his usual, say, five innings.

Even when Carlos Rodón's stuff looks sharp and is in the zone, he is especially prone to fly balls — a dangerous weakness against a team such as the Dodgers that has so many hitters capable of hitting the ball airborne with authority.

Rodón's hardest pitch of the night — a 98 mph, 1-0 heater to Teoscar Hernandez — was torched to center for a homer before Freddie Freeman followed by winning a six-pitch battle that ended with another homer to put L.A. up 4-1.

Aaron Boone will have some tough decisions to make soon regarding which bullpen arms he chooses to deploy if he hopes to keep this game close.

Carlos Rodón gets out of the inning, and we'll see if they send him back out there to face the bottom of the Dodgers lineup before reaching the third time through the order. He's at 59 pitches through three.

Big problem for him here: He usually relies on his changeup against right-handed batters such as Edman and Hernández, but the Dodgers had the best wOBA in baseball against offspeed pitches during the regular season.