LOS ANGELES — For the second night in a row, the World Series came down to a bases-loaded, last at-bat situation for the trailing team. This time there were no late-inning heroics.
Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia induced New York Yankees pinch hitter Jose Trevino to fly out to center field to preserve a 4-2 win Saturday night, the second in a row for the Dodgers, who lead 2-0 in the best-of-seven series with Game 3 on Monday in New York.
Not unlike Yankees reliever Nestor Cortes, who gave up a walk-off grand slam to Freddie Freeman in Game 1, Vesia was coming off an injury that forced him to miss the NLCS. But he shook off the rust with an inning of work on Friday and then was called upon to relieve righty Blake Treinen, who loaded the bases on…
