Yankees inning from hell sent their World Series hopes spiralin

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It was the inning from hell, and it helped end the Yankees season. The top of the fifth of Game 5 of the World Series started with the Yankees up 5-0 and Gerrit Cole to sing a no-hitter. It ended with the game tied, Bj Surhoff Jersey and what had been a party at Yankee Stadium started to feel like a funeral, which it ended up being for the Yankees season in a brutal 7-6 lo s Wednesday night. We just didnt take care of the ball well enough in that inning, Aaron Boone said. Against a great team like that, they took advantage. Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole #45 points to first as Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts #50 reacts on an infield single allowing a run to score during the fifth inning. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Heres a look at what went right, and then very wrong as the Yankees went from on the verge of booking a trip to Los Angeles for Game 6 to trying, and failing, to keep their season alive in what Cole called a wild inning. Explore More Kik 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. Thats . 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. Ive got to make that play, Judge said. Cant give a good team like that extra outs. Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (99) makes a fielding error during the fifth inning Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Hernandez had gone back to first base, but reversed course and raced to second in time to beat Judges throw. It was Judges 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. Anthony Volpe (11) fields a ground ball and makes an error during the fifth inning Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images Then Will Smith sent a grounder to shortstop. Anthony Volpe went to his right and fielded it, but he bounced a rushed throw to third and Jazz Chisholm Jr. couldnt come up with it, so Edman was safe at third and the bases were loaded with no one out. Thats 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 looks 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 thats when the inning took another ugly turn for the Yankees. Follow The Posts coverage of the Yankees in the postseason: Betts squibbed a grounder to first, and Anthony Rizzo, never the fastest of players, didnt charge the slow chopper. Worse, Cole who initially started moving to first to cover the base stopped and just pointed at first base, thinking Rizzo could get there in time and didnt cover the base. A hustling Betts easily beat Rizzo to the base. The infield hit made it 5-1, as Edman scored. Dodgers third baseman Enrique Hernandez (8) reaches third base after an error by New York Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. (13) during the fifth inning. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con Instead of the inning being over and the Yankees up by five runs, World Series home-run machine Freddie Freeman became the seventh batter to the plate, and he drilled a two-run single to center. Suddenly, it was 5-3, and Cole and the Yankees were teetering toward disaster. But wait, it got worse. Go beyond the box score with the Bombers Sign up for Inside the Yankees by Greg Joyce, exclusively on Sports+. Thank you By clicking above you agree to the and . Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! Teoscar Hernandez came up and blasted a two-run double off the wall in center, a 404-foot shot that tied the game at 5-5. What had seemed almost impo sible to imagine as the fifth inning got underway was a reality. Still, Cole remained on the mound as Tommy Kahnle, who blew the game for good in the eighth, began to get loose in the bullpen. Cole walked Max Muncy to extend the inning before finally getting Hernandez to ground to short. In the end, Cole threw 38 pitches in the frame after needing just 49 pitches to get through the first four innings. The Yankees bounced back to take the lead in the sixth, but the Dodgers never relented and took the lead for good in the eighth with two singles and a walk off Kahnle, then two sacrifice flies off Luke Weaver. Mitch White Jersey Click here Click here Click here