NEW YORK — The Yankees just took you on a World Series roller coaster ride that climbed up to baseball heaven and dipped into a burning inferno. They someone escaped that shocking freefall and started sailing up to cloud 9 only to fall back into the pit. Just when this World Series was getting interesting, the 2024 Yankees crashed to their death.
Instead of returning to LA for a Game 6, the Yankees slammed into the offseason with their worst playoff loss ever. EVER! The Yankees were up 3-0 in Game 5 after one inning, led 5-0 through four with Gerrit Cole pitching a no-hitter and lost 7-6. You had to see it to believe it.
This was the choke of all chokes. This was pathetic. The Yankees were a laughing stock in the fifth inning when the Dodgers scored five to tie the game with Aaron Judge dropping a flyball, Anthony Volpe making a bad throw and Cole forgetting to cover first.
The Yankees got up from that knockdown and regained the lead in the sixth inning when two walks, a fielder’s choice groundball and Giancarlo Stanton sac fly made it 6-5. Nine more outs and the Yankees survive. They got three in the seventh from Cole and Clay Holmes, then Tommy Kahnle came on and lit another fire.
After two singles and a walk loaded the bases loaded the bases with nobody out, in came Luke Weaver for the 12th time in 14 postseason games. Weaver needed strikeouts, not flyballs. Gavin Lux flied out to center to tie in, then after Shohei Ohtani reached on a catcher’s interference, Mookie .
