In a rematch 43 years in the making, the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees failed to live up to the World Series’ blockbuster billing.
Freddie Freeman drew first blood for the Dodgers with a walk-off Grand Slam in a dramatic end to a thrilling World Series curtain-raiser.
The two titans of the MLB set the stage for a World Series showdown on Friday night as the Yankees and Dodgers went blow for blow over ten tense innings of Game 1 in Los Angeles.
Nestor Cortes took the mound in the tenth inning and walked Mookie Betts to face Freeman, but the play backfired on the Yankees as the first baseman broke hearts across the Big Apple.
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