Yankees get completely manhandled by Dodgers in ghastly blowout loss

Will Warren has been trying to follow in the footsteps of veteran rotation mates like Max Fried.

The young right-hander took that a bit too literally Saturday, though he had plenty of company in what became an absolute stinker of a game for the Yankees.

After Fried got rocked Friday night, Warren did not survive the second inning as the relentless Dodgers lineup proved to be too much to handle and the Yankees got blown out in a 18-2 loss in front of 51,746 at Dodger Stadium.

Even without the injured Mookie Betts, the Dodgers (36-22) led 10-0 by the second inning on a day when they pounded out 21 hits — including five home runs — to claim the series with a chance for the sweep Sunday.

Max Muncy belts a three-run homer off Will Warren during the second inning of the Yankees’ 18-2 blowout loss to the Dodgers on May 31, 2025.

It marks the first series loss the Yankees (35-22) have suffered in their last eight series.

Fifteen of the runs came before the eighth inning, when utilityman Pablo Reyes tried to spare the bullpen and pitch mop-up duty.

The only saving grace was that unlike Friday night, there was no lead the Yankees could blow in this one.

Aaron Boone takes out Will Warren during the second inning of the Yankees’ loss to the Dodgers.

Aaron Judge hits one of his two solo home runs in the Yankees’ blowout loss to the Dodgers.

Max Muncy had seven RBIs, including a pair of three-run homers that served as knockout blows to a pair of pitchers — ending Warren’s day in the second inning and Mark Leiter Jr.’s in the fifth.

Aaron Judge crushed a pair of solo home runs — giving him 21 on the season — but that was all the offense the Yankees could muster against right-hander Landon Knack (who entered the day with a 5.22 ERA) and the Dodgers bullpen.

Warren, who had appeared to turn the corner in recent weeks while putting together a string of solid starts, took a step back Saturday.

He gave up seven runs on six hits and four walks while recording just four outs.

The Yankees were forced to use six of their eight bullpen arms in relief of Warren, making it likely they will need a fresh arm or two for Sunday’s series finale, even with an off day looming Monday.

The 25-year-old Warren barely made it out of the first inning in which the Dodgers ambushed him and forced him to throw 39 pitches.

Hyeseong Kim hits a two-run homer off Brett Headrick during the second inning of the Yankees’ loss to the Dodgers.

He struck out Shohei Ohtani to leave the bases loaded, already trailing 4-0, with a reliever ready in the bullpen.

The second inning did not begin much better.

Warren was in a 2-2 count on Teoscar Hernández when he was called for a pitch-clock violation, which ran the count full.

Then he threw ball four, the first of back-to-back walks he issued to open the frame.

One out later, Muncy drilled his first three-run home run of the game to make it 7-0 and mercifully end Warren’s day after 57 pitches.

Brent Headrick entered from the bullpen and got the second out but then walked Michael Conforto and gave up Tommy Edman’s second RBI double of the game.

No. 9 hitter Hyseong Kim came up next and clobbered a two-run shot to put the Rams — er, Dodgers — up 10-0.

Ian Hamilton entered for the third inning and stopped the bleeding, tossing a pair of scoreless frames long after the damage was already done.

Leiter gave up four runs in ²/₃ of an inning, including Muncy’s second three-run shot that made it 14-1 in the fifth inning.

Freddie Freeman, meanwhile, continued to haunt the Yankees as he went 2-for-3 with an RBI double and a walk.

In two games this series, the World Series MVP is 5-for-7 with three doubles.