LOS ANGELES — 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 on Saturday, though he had plenty of company in what became an absolute stinker of a game for the Yankees.
After Fried got rocked on 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 on Sunday.
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.
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.
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