Clarke Schmidt of the Yankees throws four straight uncompetitive pitches to Shohei Ohtani for a leadoff walk. I’m very surprised. Schmidt then pounded the strike zone against Mookie Betts and induced a fly out. It seemed that Schmidt did not want to see if Ohtani was really injured.

He wasn’t afraid to throw strikes to Freddie Freeman, either, and Freeman takes him deep for a 2-0 Dodgers lead. Freeman homered in each World Series game this year.