Yankees stars completely implode in disastrous inning that puts season at risk

· New York Post

The fifth inning of Game 5 was a complete Yankees disaster.

They entered with a 5-0 lead, left it tied and with their home fans shocked.

Aaron Judge dropped a routine line drive to center off the bat of Tommy Edman when he seemingly took his eye off the ball to give the Dodgers first and second with nobody out.

Then, Anthony Volpe tried to get a force out at third on a Will Smith grounder, but he one-hopped the throw to Jazz Chisholm, who was unable to handle it.

Aaron Judge drops a fly ball in the fifth inning of Game 5 of the World Series. Getty Images
Jazz Chisholm can’t handle the throw from Anthony Volpe. AP

After Gerrit Cole thrilled the Yankee Stadium crowd with back-to-back strikeouts of Gavin Lux and Shohei Ohtani, it was the ace’s turn for a fielding gaffe.

Mookie Betts hit a slow grounder to first, but Cole strangely stopped halfway to first base, and Betts easily beat Anthony Rizzo to the bag to give the Dodgers their first run of the game.

Freddie Freeman (right) and Mookie Betts celebrate scoring the game-tying run for the Dodgers. Getty Images

And then Cole crumbled from there with Freddie Freeman — who else? — driving in two runs with a single to center field.

Teoscar Hernandez then followed with a game-tying two-run double to the left-center gap over Judge’s head.