Baseball: Yankees avoid sweep, Ohtani gets 1st hit since injury

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Shohei Ohtani picked up his first hit since injuring his shoulder, but his Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the New York Yankees 11-4 in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday. The Yankees cut the Dodgers’ series lead to 3-1 behind a third-inning grand slam by Anthony Volpe at Yankee Stadium. Ohtani, who suffered a left shoulder subluxation when he was caught stealing in Game 2, singled to center in the fifth and went 1-for-4. In four games so far in the series, the Japanese slugger is .133 (2-for-15) with no RBI. Volpe’s grand slam to left turned a 2-1 deficit into a 5-2 lead. The Yankees broke ope…

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