Yankees inning from hell sent their World Series hopes spiraling

It was the inning from hell and it helped end the Yankees season. The top of the fifth inning in Game 5 of the World Series started with the Yankees up 5-0 and Gerrit Cole tossing a no-hitter. It ended with the game tied and what had been a party at Yankee Stadium beginning to feel like a funeral, which ended up being for the Yankees in a brutal 7-6 loss. Here’s a look at what went right, and then very wrong as the Yankees went from the verge of booking a trip to Los Angeles for Game 6 to failing to keep their season alive. Kiké Hernandez led off the inning with the Dodgers’ first hit of the night, a single to right, and The Bronx faithful gave Cole a quiet cheer for his four no-hit innings. That’s when things got weird. Aaron Judge, who made a spectacular running catch to rob Freddie Freeman of an extra-base hit — and perhaps an RBI — in the fourth, simply dropped a routine fly ball by Tommy Edman. Hernandez had gone back to first base, but reversed course and raced to second in time to beat Judge’s throw.It was Judge’s first error of the year, either in the regular season or the playoffs. With runners on first and second, Austin Wells paid Cole a visit on the mound. Will Smith sent a grounder to shortstop.

Anthony Volpe went to his right and fielded it, but bounced a rushed throw to third and Jazz Chisholm Jr.couldn’t come up with it, so Edman was safe at third and the bases were loaded with no one out. That’s when Cole put his ace hat on and looked to restore order to the inning. He whiffed Gavin Lux for the first out, finishing off the second baseman with a 99.4 mph fastball, his fastest pitch of the season, according to Statcast. Cole followed by striking out Shohei Ohtani, who clearly looked hampered by the shoulder injury he suffered on a slide into second base in Game 2. Just an out away from an incredible escape, Cole still had to get through Mookie Betts. And that’s when the inning took another ugly turn for the Yankees...