World Series: 3 takeaways from Game 4

The Yankees kept their season alive with an 11-4 victory over the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night. Here are three takeaways:

1. The crowd was thrilled, which was somewhat surprising considering the Yankees were down 3-0 in the series and the Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the first game on another Freddie Freeman home run.

The Yankee Stadium crowd is famous – some would say infamous – for being tough on its own players. But on this night, fans seemed to support their struggling players, especially Aaron Judge.

The Yankees came back with a run in the second and, of course, four runs in the third on Anthony Volpe's grand slam to take a 5-2 lead.

It was a Bronx party from then on and fans were treated to another game on Wednesday night.

“I was just happy because I felt like the fans were ready to bust out on Monday night,” manager Aaron Boone said. “It’s like finally being able to see the tip bounce off Yankee Stadium in a World Series game.”

The Yankees tried to get the crowd going before their 4-2 loss on Monday with plenty of fake noises, including a mini-concert by Fat Joe that many observers compared to the one the Dodgers put on with Ice Cube before Game 1. felt faded at Dodger Stadium.

There's always so much noise at Yankee Stadium. On Tuesday, as the Yankees faced elimination and a possible victory, fans themselves caused a stir.

2. The Yankees' fifth run in the eighth allowed Boone to pass Luke Weaver after the closer had recorded four outs (three strikeouts) in 1 1/3 perfect innings. Weaver struck out Mookie Betts in the seventh round in the finale and then scored twice in a perfect eighth round.

Boone was able to replace Weaver with Tim Mayza for the ninth time, saving some Weaver pitches for Wednesday.

It also saved Boone from having to make a move he didn't make in Game 1: keeping Weaver for another inning after the Yankees took a 3-2 lead in the 10th inning.

Weaver had thrown 1 2/3 innings (19 pitches) in Game 1. But with a chance to steal the first set, Boone went to Jake Cousins ​​to start the 10th game.

That didn't end well for the Yankees, as Freeman hit a two-out walk-off grand slam off Nestor Cortes.

3. Aaron Judge didn't have a great night, but he was on base four times on a walk, a hit per pitch, an error by shortstop Tommy Edman and a tackle-on RBI single to left for the final run in the five-run eighth the Yankees. It's often been said that the Yankees do what Judge does, but for one night he was content to just be there. And he didn't strike.

Anthony Rieber covers baseball as well as the NFL, NBA and NHL. He has worked at Newsday since August 31, 1998 and has been in his current position since July 5, 2004.