DODGERS vs. YANKEES: Official Full Game Highlights (July 17) | 2026 MLB Season

Second half begins with a 2024 World Series rematch. Yankees against the world champion Dodgers. Sending out to the mound is going to be Garrett Cole. Last time Garrett Cole faced the Dodgers, game five of the World Series in 2024. Once they get into the playoffs, could carry them through the playoffs and make this a World Series matchup. And he'll start off by facing Shohei Otani. He had his left knee drained on Sunday, so he's not back pitching at this point. Hits sharply and grabbed there on the backhand. By Jazz, he fires the first. One down. That'll bring up Andy Pajes. 2-2. And he tips it into the glove of Wells, and Pajes down on strikes. So two up and two down in this first inning, and here's Freddie Freeman, the World Series MVP two years ago. And so admired, but also despised here in New York. Strike three called. He knew it on the inside corner. Fastball beautifully done. A 1-2-3 first with a couple of strikeouts for Garrett Bowles. Roky Sasaki will face that Yankee lineup. He had a six-start stretch in May and early June where he did really well, but he lost 2.11 home runs per nine innings. That's too many. Well, the Yankees have been without Aaron Judge since the end of May, have not been the same team without him, below .500, and with him gone, this right here is their best hitter. Ben Rice. Rice flies it into left. Routine for Teoscar Hernandez. Waited a moment. Now trotting in about 10 feet, and there's out number two here. And Sasaki picks up right where he left off in that start against Colorado. 1-2-3 first. So here is Kyle Tucker. Big free agent signing for the Dodgers. Four years, $240 million. And he is not at a great year. Gets to that change up and bangs it into center field for a base hit. That's a good sign right there on a tough two-strike change up to turn it around on a line into center. Well, here's the guy who you figure was very happy to have those four days off, Teoscar Hernandez. Comes off of the injured list and struggles. Four for 41, including over his last 14. Hernandez hits it hard. Base hit. Left field over the leaping shortstop Jose Caballero. Back-to-back two-out bullets for the Dodgers here in the second inning. So Dalton Rushing's first at bat coming out of the break is an important one with runners at first and second and two gone. Swing and a miss. Tied him up with a fastball in on his hands. Third strikeout for Cole. Gets out of the gym. Cody Bellinger just named the all-star game MVP. Earlier in the week, the 0-2 swung on and missed. It bounced away from Rushing, but Bellinger is not going to run to first. He's just going to walk back to the dugout. So two quick outs in the second inning for Roeke. Base is empty. No score. Jazz Chisholm Jr. Lined into right center field. It is a base hit. Cutting over is Pajas. Cuts the ball off. Beautiful play by Pajas as he holds Chisholm to a single. There's Caballero. And here we go. It's a game-by-game occurrence where Caballero said, eight seconds, he's going to look at me. It happens every game, it seems like. And I'm sure it's been around the league. You know, this guy loves to play this game. Flipped into shallow center field, and his frustrations continue with a swear word, a very bad word, and then a slam of the bat. And Sasaki's got a couple scoreless innings. Back to the top of the order. Shohei Ohtani. Grounded out his first time. Ohtani hits one high in the air to right field. On the warning track, Dominguez at the wall. And he's there to make the catch. Boy, it touched the clouds, but ultimately came down into the glove of the inky right fielder. Inning kept alive for Freddie Freeman, who has homered against Colby for. Breaking ball, swung on a miss, Gatti. And comes up big with his fifth strikeout. Hasn't scored the bottom of the third. Here's Ryan McMahon. Served down the left field line, giving Chase Hernandez. He's not going to get there. It's a fair ball. And it bounces into the seats. A double for McMahon. Well, it's about covering the plate, Coney. And if they make a mistake, you know, you can take it the other way. So Wells has changed the look a little bit from the clean-shaven to full beard now. Oh, go. Swing and a miss, strike three. Gets him with the splitter. One gone in the third. First walk of the ballgame, and the Yankees have a legit threat working with one out. These are the positions you want Ben Rice in. The first half he has. Look at the numbers. 29 home runs, 68 RBIs. Rice grounds one to second. Edmond to second for one. Four, six, three. They ring it up on one pitch. And so Roki Sasaki has three scoreless in the book. City Yankee Stadium. Tell you what, so far, so good for Sasaki. Swing and a miss, and Sasaki comes back to strike him out. That fastball still live in triple digits. Another strikeout for Sasaki. Easy 100. Well, Sasaki looks like a different pitcher at this point. Dominguez rounded out the first. Lined into right center field. It is a base hit. Cutting over is Pajes. He'll cut the ball off, but that will not stop him from getting two. The ball is bobbled, so he'll go to third. He ends up there. And good for Jason Dominguez, who saw that, and then saw that Pajes had misplayed the ball out there, and he just took off. It is indeed a double and an error on Andy Pajes. Yankees have a runner on third with two outs in the fourth. So here's Chisholm. He's single to right center at the second. And that one gets past Rushing. Here comes Dominguez. He'll score. And the Yankees lead 1-0. You usually don't see a catcher whiff on the slider. Yeah, trying to frame it. And the Dodgers' sloppiness that we saw in full force against the D-backs, they brought it on the road. Here's Rushing. Would love to atone for the fastball last inning. Definitely looking for a redeemer swing. Right down that middle. Strike three. Cole. Two down. Six strikeout for Cole as we play here in the fifth. The 1-0 Yankee lead. Breaking ball. Swing. And a miss. Derek Cole looking sharp. Another 1-2-3 inning. And that brings up Austin Wells. Struck out on a 1-2 pitch the first time up. It's one of the 5Ks for Sasaki. Wells flies it to right center. Pajes makes a sliding catch. Andy Pajes giveth last inning. Andy Pajes taketh here in the fifth. Top of the order for the Dodgers. Down a run. Top of the sixth. That one skied the other way. And deep on the run is Bellinger. And he makes the play. Cody Bellinger. The best defensive left fielder in the sport this year. Start getting greedy here now. You know. Hey wait. I can get a 1-2-3 here. Look at my pitch count. Maybe I can get back out there in the seventh. Look out. That bat goes over the net. Into the crowd. On the first base side. So somebody just got a souvenir. Freddie needs a new twig. There's Cole into the wind. And a 1-2 pitch. Swing and a miss. Struck him out of the breaking ball. Down and in. Garrett Cole rolling. Eight strikeouts. He's retired his last 10 consecutive hitters. And 13 of the last 14. Stopping at second is Rice. Yankee All-Stars on first and second right now. And they're going to go to Jack Dreyer. Sasaki's night ends. Five and two thirds. Runners at first and second. His responsibility. But a heck of a start tonight for the young righty. Jack Dreyer finished off the first half. Nine consecutive games without giving up a run. First and second for the Yankees. They'll spin Dominguez around to the right side. Another 2-2. Backdoor breaking pitch freezes him. And Jack Dreyer does the job. Well that man has done the job. Six shutout innings. He starts the seven. And Mookie Betts will lead off. He walks Betts. First free pass of the game. And it leads off to seven. Boone gives Cole a lot more rope. And Cole said I still have it. One of the best features of Aaron Boone is that he does have the trust of his players. He's got their backs. Here's the key. Dangerous left hand hitter. Now he's got to get Max Muncy. Muncy 0-2. Pop the third fly to left. 0-2. Muncy drills one. Goodbye. Game change. It lands in the second deck. Dodgers up 2-1. As Muncy sends one to the second deck. Aaron Boone stuck with Garrett Cole. And Max Muncy made the Yankees pay the price. Cole made a mistake and Muncy didn't. Well Cole talked his way into staying into the game. And it did not work out. Patrick had a great first half. Grabbed there by Caballero. Spins and fires. Oh what a play by Jose Caballero. Taking a base hit away from Kyle Tucker. Wow that's about as good a play as you're going to see as far as range. So you go to the top of the eight. Fernando Cruz has been a stud. Comes on the pitch. This is lifted to deep right center field. It carries well. Off the wall. Ricochets into center field. Edmond stops at second with a lead off double. He picked on a splitter. Got it out in front but stayed with it. Here's Otani. Breaking ball slung on. Popped up. Left side in the infield. On the dirt. Third baseman. McMahon. One hand catch. High above his cap. One out and that is huge. Up to Freddie Freeman. Who struck out three times over the last week of the first half. But three strikeouts tonight alone. Breaking ball swung on. Set the center field playable for Grisham. Ranging to his left. Makes the one hand catch. And Fernando Cruz gets out of a jam as he is all fired up. Just the second walk issued by Dodger pitching tonight. And now the tying run is aboard. The go-ahead run is up in the form of Ben Rice who's got 29 home runs. Second only to Jordan Alvarez in the American League. Driven out to right center field and deep. That ball is off the base of the wall. Grisham rounds third. They're going to send him home. Here's the throw home. Here's the play at the plate. He's out. Dickey Betts. Betts went a mile to corral the throw from Pajes. And then put it on a diamond home. And they still lead. And you got to keep going better than that. And secondly you kind of hesitate there. And it looked like a little hesitation at third too. Well how about this? The Dodgers elect to intentionally walk Goldschmidt. And they'll take their chance against Bellinger. It's a high fly ball but not deep. Andy Pajes settles under it. And we go to the ninth inning with the Dodgers still in front. Two to one. And now Tanner Scott is on looking for the save. Fifty to five strikeout to walk ratio. Rockets it to third. And Muncy was hugging the line. Made the grab. There's Jas Chisholm. Strikes him out on three pitches. Good morning. Good afternoon. And good night. Two gone in the nine. So it comes down to Caballero. Dodgers and Yankees. Man it has delivered. Popped up. Shadow right. Tommy Edmund. What a ball game. Dodgers take it two to one over the Yankees. Dodgers come to the Bronx to kick off this nine game post all-star break road trip. And they start it with a comeback victory.