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World Series: Dodgers lineup in Game 5 against Gerrit Cole & Yankees


World Series: Dodgers lineup in Game 5 against Gerrit Cole & Yankees

The Dodgers will have their hands full against Yankees star Gerrit Cole in Game 5 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, but they will need more from their offense to get the one win they need to keep their championship hunt going to complete.

It's the usual group, with the only change since Game 4 being Tommy Edman now at seventh, swapping spots with new No. 9 hitter Gavin Lux.

Lineups for World Series Game 5

Dodgers Pos Yankees Pos
Dodgers Pos Yankees Pos
Ohtani (L) DH Torres 2B
Beds RF Soto (L) RF
Freeman (L) 1B Judge CF
T. Hernandez LF Chisholm (L) 3B
Muncy (L) 3B Stanton DH
K. Hernandez CF Rizzo (L) 1B
Edman (S) SS Volpe SS
Blacksmith C Wells (L) C
Lux (L) 2B Verdugo (L) LF

Jack Flaherty vs. Gerrit Cole on the mound

Max Muncy bats fifth again for the Dodgers, looking for his first hit in the World Series. He walked twice and was hit by a pitch, but is otherwise 0-for-12 with eight strikeouts during the Fall Classic. That includes three strikeouts and a walk in Game 3.

Since setting a record by reaching base in 12 consecutive plate appearances during the NLCS, Muncy is 0-for-18 with 11 strikeouts, but has also walked or hit by pitch seven times in the last six games Base reached (plus one at-bat).

Overall, Muncy is hitting .178/.403/.400 with a 138 wRC+ this postseason. He's just 8-for-45, but his 14 walks β€” the Dodgers' second-most in the postseason, behind only Muncy himself in 2020 β€” and hit by a pitch three times fuel his high on-base percentage.

Muncy hit three home runs and a double this October, but his last extra base hit was a home run in Game 3 of the NLCS and has hit 29 PA since then. He struck out and got the better of Cole in Game 1.

Same lineup for the Yankees as in Game 4, with Jazz Chisholm Jr. cleaning up between Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.

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