The Los Angeles Dodgers' offense did not have enough in the tank to sweep the New York Yankees.
On a day where 18 innings of baseball were played through a nine-hour increment at Yankee Stadium, it was the New York Yankees who took the last game of a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Dodgers by winning 2-1.
The Dodgers used up all of their runs in the first game with an 8-2 victory a couple of hours prior. That offensive surge was touted alongside a complete-game gem from ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Fast forward to the evening, and the Dodgers went a different direction in terms of game plan.
Even with Yamamoto putting the Dodgers in a best-case scenario when it came to bullpen usage, the Yankees mustered up some runs late to split the Sunday doubleheader.
The Yankees tagged Dodgers opener Will Klein for one run in the first inning, thanks in part to an RBI single from former MVP Cody Bellinger.
From then on, both sides would remain quiet for six full frames.
New York had their chances to cash in crucial insurance runs earlier than the eighth, like when the Yankees had the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the fifth.
Dodgers right-hander Brock Stewart was tasked with digging himself out of a huge hole, and he managed to do so by retiring the next three Yankees hitters in order.
Los Angeles remained scoreless until the eighth inning, when Tommy Edman crushed his second long ball of the season to right-center field and tied the game, 1-1.
Fortunately for the Yankees, Jazz Chisholm Jr. would head the call and respond with a solo shot of his own in New York's bottom half of that same frame.
That much-needed run support was just enough for the Yankees to hold on to the close 2-1 victory over the Dodgers.
Though the bullpen gave up a combined two runs on just eight hits, the Dodgers' offense stumbled at their chance of a series sweep in the World Series rematch by generating just four hits and leaving five men on base.
With the loss, the Dodgers walk away from a long day of baseball with a 63-37 record.
Los Angeles will board the plane tonight and head to play the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park for a three-game set beginning on Monday.
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