Yarbrough shines as Yankees avoid sweep with 7-3 win over Dodgers. Judge and Ohtani go hitless

LOS ANGELES AP Ryan Yarbrough limited baseball s best offense to four hits over six innings Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking two-run homer and the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers - on Sunday to avoid getting swept for the first time this season The Dodgers outscored the Yankees - in winning the first two games of their World Series rematch including an - rout Saturday But right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto the stalwart on a staff ravaged by injuries labored from the start in front of the largest crowd of the season at Dodger Stadium Yarbrough - allowed one run and struck out five in his fifth start of the year He was a reliever for the Dodgers last season and received his World Series ring while in town Yamamoto - gave up a season-high seven hits while striking out two in innings both season lows The Japanese right-hander permitted four runs and walked three New York s DJ LeMahieu had his first four-hit tournament since The Yankees led - on Jasson Dom nguez s RBI single in the first Left fielder Andy Pages throw sailed over the head of catcher Will Smith Backing up Smith Yamamoto made a pinpoint throw to second but Kik Hern ndez dropped the ball and Dom nguez was safe Dom nguez later left the match with a bruised left thumb Tommy Edman tied the battle with a two-out homer in the second After that Yarbrough retired of his next batters Pages and Max Muncy homered in the seventh The Yankees took a - lead in the third Rice s -foot homer to center field scored Aaron Judge who walked Anthony Volpe singled went to third on Austin Wells single and scored on Yamamoto s wild pitch They extended the lead to - in the fifth on RBI singles by LeMahieu and Oswald Peraza off Lou Trivino LeMahieu s RBI double made it - in the ninth Key moment Judge and Shohei Ohtani were hitless after becoming the first reigning MVPs in major league history to homer in the first inning of a competition on Friday Judge was for with a walk and two strikeouts as the only Yankees performer to go hitless Ohtani went for with a strikeout Key stats The Yankees are - this season when facing a series sweep having beaten Arizona Detroit Cleveland and the Dodgers They re also one of three teams that hasn t been swept in a series of at least two games It was the first time this season the Dodgers top four hitters went hitless Ohtani Teoscar Hern ndez Freddie Freeman and Smith Up next After an off day Yankees LHP Carlos Rod n - ERA starts Tuesday against Cleveland Dodgers RHP Dustin May - pitches Monday night against the New York Mets AP MLB https apnews com hub mlb Source