NY Yankees at LA Dodgers: Preview, analysis, prediction

Mandatory Credit: Jason Parkhurst-Imagn ImagesThe New York Yankees came out swinging (literally) against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Home runs from Aaron Judge, Austin Wells, Trent Grisham, and Paul Goldschmidt put New York ahead 5-2 headed into the sixth inning.

Then, the ghosts of Game 5 of the World Series showed up. The Dodgers put on a hit parade, sparked by Shohei Ohtani’s second homer of the night, and simply had everything go correctly for them. They took a 6-5 lead and ultimately won 8-5. In turn, Yankees lefty Max Fried took his first loss of the season and saw his ERA balloon to a whopping 1.92.

New York will seek to answer back on Saturday night, when both teams send…