Yankees again let down by offense in World Series Game 3 loss - ESPN

NEW YORK — For the New York Yankees, the franchise with the richest history in baseball, to win their 28th World Series, and their first since 2009, they will have to make history.

No team has ever overcome a 3-0 series deficit to win the World Series. Just one club — the Boston Red Sox against them in the American League Championship Series two decades ago — has completed the comeback in a postseason series at all. But that's where the Yankees, whose offense has largely vanished on the grandest stage, find themselves after falling 4-2 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 at Yankee Stadium on Monday. The quest to become the first team to defy the odds in the World Series begins with Game 4 on Tuesday.

«We're trying to get a game tomorrow,» Boone said. «OK? That's where our focus lies. Hopefully we can go be this amazing story and shock the world.»

What's been shocking so far in this World Series has been New York's offensive ineptitude. The Yankees, the American League leaders in runs scored during the regular season, have scored seven runs in the three games. They're 4-for-20 with runners in scoring position. They've left 25 runners on base. They have just one fewer hit than the Dodgers, but have totaled 31 strikeouts to the Dodgers' 17.

«All it takes is one,» Yankees center fielder Aaron Judge said. «All it takes is one swing, one at-bat, one play, and everything changes. That's the mindset you gotta have.»

At the center of the struggles, though far from the only source, is Judge. The superstar center fielder didn't appear to be of this planet for most of the summer. He is expected to win the American League MVP unanimously. He looked better at the plate in Game 3 than in Game 2, but he still went hitless with a