NEW YORK — Anthony Volpe jogged back out to shortstop for the top of the fourth inning and a sellout crowd of just under 50,000 Yankees fans rose to their feet, chanting his name. VOLPE! VOLPE! VOLPE! Volpe raised up his glove and pumped it skyward, facing the bleacher seats in right-center. That led to another thunderous roar.
The kid from New Jersey, a childhood Yankees fan, was having his October moment. Volpe belted a grand slam in the previous half inning, a swing that took the Yankees from an early 2-1 deficit — in what could’ve been their final game of the season — into a 5-2 lead. Coming back from a 3-0 deficit in the World Series won’t be easy.
History says it’s impossible. But the Yankees came into Tuesday’s Game 4 with a plan to take this seemingly insurmountable deficit against a mighty opponent one game at a time. TO PURCHASE YANKEES TICKETS, VISIT: VIVIDSEATS , TICKETMATER and STUBHUB Volpe, who famously attended the Yankees’ 2009 World Series parade 15 years ago, made sure that this team still has a chance — albeit, a slim one — to have their own trip through the Canyon of Heroes.
The young shortstop had his fingerprints all over the Yankees’ 11-4 win over the Dodgers, a victory that extends the 2024 World Series for at least one more game. A handful of high-leverage bullpen arms and a barrage of insurance runs, via slug, allowed the Yankees to cruise to the final out. Well, it didn’t always look like a blowout in the making for the Yank.