NEW YORK — To extend their season another day, the New York Yankees needed that big, momentum-shifting hit that eluded them over the first three games of the World Series.
They got it on the brink of elimination Tuesday night in Game 4 at Yankee Stadium. Anthony Volpe belted a go-ahead grand slam in the third inning, Austin Wells added a solo shot three innings later and Gleyber Torres put the finishing touches on an 11-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers with a three-run home run in the eighth inning as the Yankees avoided elimination for at least one night.
Volpe's breakthrough blast came on a first-pitch slider from Daniel Hudson, the second reliever the Dodgers deployed for their scheduled bullpen day, with two outs and Los Angeles leading 2-1.
The grand slam, which landed a few rows beyond the wall in left field, electrified a sellout crowd that had been on edge after Freddie Freeman's two-run home run in the first inning.