NEW YORK — The New York Yankees are still alive in the World Series, thanks in large part to their young homegrown shortstop.

Facing the specter of an embarrassing sweep, the Yankees used a grand slam from Anthony Volpe and stellar work from their bullpen in an 11-4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 on Tuesday.

Volpe did it all on a night New York needed everything it could get from everyone, finishing 2 for 3 with the aforementioned slam, three runs scored, two stolen bases, and several sparking plays in the field.

Game 5 is set for Wednesday night in the Bronx.

With the home side down 2-1 in the bottom of the third, Yankee Stadium, which was largely silent during Game 3 on Monday, finally erupted. The Dodgers had opted for a bullpen game and Daniel Hudson, their second pitcher of the night, hit Aaron Judge with one out. Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed with a long single off the wall in right, sending Judge to third. Chisholm then stole second and Giancarlo Stanton and Anthony Rizzo walked, setting the stage for Volpe.

The native of nearby Watchung, New Jersey, laced the first pitch he saw from Hudson five rows deep in the left-field seats for a grand slam, sending the crowd into a frenzy.

After a slow start, Yankees starter Luis Gil looked like he might get through the fifth inning, but he made a mistake leading off the frame and never regained his form. The Dodgers’ Will Smith smacked an 0-2 fastball up in the zone into the seats in right, cutting the Yankees’ lead to 5-3. Gil then walked Tommy Edman, prompting New York manager Aaron Boone to go to left-hander Tim Hill.

Hill, however, was greeted by a single to center by Shohei Ohtani. Mookie Betts then hit into a fielder’s choice, sending Edman to third. The Yankees looked like they were out of the inning when Freddie Freeman hit a double-play grounder to second, but he beat the relay throw, scoring Edman.

Bottom of the Yankees’ order raked all night

Much maligned over the first three game of the Series, New York’s bottom four hitters accounted for five hits and drove in seven runs in Game 4.

In the sixth, Austin Wells, who was batting eighth in the order, belted a Landon Knack fastball into the second deck in right, putting New York back up by two.

Then in the eighth, the Yankees batted around and put the game away. Volpe, their seventh-place hitter, got things going by beating the throw home on ninth-place hitter Alex Verdugo’s grounder to second.

Leaving nothing to chance, Gleyber Torres followed with a three-run homer to right, Juan Soto doubled to right, and struggling Judge delivered an RBI single to left, perhaps an indication that the Yankees’ superstar may have more to say in the Series moving forward.

New York’s bullpen continued its strong bounce back from a disastrous showing in Game 1. The combination of Tim Hill, Clay Holmes, Mark Leiter Jr., Luke Weaver and Tim Mayza allowing pitched shutout ball and surrendered just one hit over the final five innings.

Freeman again got the Dodgers off to a quick start

Much like he did in Game 3, Freeman had the Bronx faithful fearing the worst right off the bat as he hit a two-run home run to right in the first inning.

The Yankees seemed poised to get both runs back in the bottom half, but Chisholm and Stanton failed to get the job done, the latter with runners on second and third with two out.

The Dodgers had a chance to extend their lead in the second when Gavin Lux led off with a double down the first base line, but Gil got Smith to pop out and Edman to line into a double play.

The Yankees got on the board during their turn at-bat in the second on Verdugo’s run-scoring groundout.

President Biden reinserted himself into the contentious campaign to succeed him, appearing to call former President Donald Trump’s supporters “garbage” on a video call with Latino activists Tuesday evening. Republicans seized on the comments, while the White House offered a different explanation of what Mr. Biden said.

The president was responding to a joke made at a Trump rally Sunday at Madison Square Garden by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, in which Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” 

In the video clip obtained by CBS News, it sounded like Mr. Biden, who was speaking by video to left-leaning group Voto Latino, might be denouncing Trump supporters as “garbage.” 

“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters,” he seemed to say. “His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable.”

But the White House denied that the president had said this about Trump supporters and released a transcript with a statement noting that “supporters” was in fact “supporter’s,” and Mr. Biden was referring to Hinchcliffe and his joke.

A White House transcript says this is what Mr. Biden said: “And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”  Well, let me tell you something.  I don’t — I — I don’t know the Puerto Rican that — that I know —or a Puerto Rico, where I’m fr— in my home state of Delaware, they’re good, decent, honorable people. The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American.  It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been.”

“The President referred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘garbage,'” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement. 

Republicans seized on the video — Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, who was appearing with Trump at his rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Tuesday night, told the crowd about Mr. Biden’s comments and demanded the president apologize.

Trump responded saying, “Garbage, I think, is worse,” and compared the comment to a past statement made by Hillary Clinton in 2016, when she referred to half of Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables.” Trump added it was “terrible to say a thing like that.”

“Please forgive him, for he not knoweth what he said,” Trump said of Mr. Biden jokingly, as his supporters screamed “No!”

Trump also sent a fundraising appeal to supporters: “KAMALA’S BOSS JOE BIDEN JUST CALLED ALL MY SUPPORTERS GARBAGE!…YOU ARE AMAZING!”

President Biden clarified his comment in a post on X later Tuesday night. 

“Earlier today I referred to the hateful rhetoric about Puerto Rico spewed by Trump’s supporter at his Madison Square Garden rally as garbage — which is the only word I can think of to describe it. His demonization of Latinos is unconscionable,” Mr. Biden wrote. “That’s all I meant to say. The comments at that rally don’t reflect who we are as a nation.” 

The brouhaha occurred on the same night Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her closing argument for the campaign. She held up Trump as a figure who would only deepen divisions in America if he’s elected and vowed to work with all — Democrats, Republicans and independents — on improving the lives of Americans.

Several Harris campaign aides did not reply to requests for comment late Tuesday.

Pennsylvania Governor and Harris surrogate Josh Shapiro told CNN, “I would never insult the good people of Pennsylvania or any Americans even if they chose to support a candidate I didn’t support.”

Hinchcliffe’s remarks at the Trump rally, which also included offensive jokes about Black people and Latinos, were met with swift backlash, with several celebrities coming out in defense of Puerto Rico and Latinos in the U.S. and voicing their support for Harris’ plan for the island. Among those who weighed in were Jennifer Lopez, Ariana DeBose and Ricky Martin. Martin, with over 18  million followers, took to Instagram and posted, “Puerto Rico, this is what they think of us, vote for Kamala Harris.” 

Trump, for his part, also said Tuesday that he did not know who Hinchcliffe was and was unaware of the joke he had made. “It’s nobody’s fault, but somebody said some bad things,” he told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “I don’t know if it’s a big deal or not, but I don’t want anybody making nasty jokes or stupid jokes. Probably he shouldn’t have been there,” Trump added. His campaign said the jokes were not reviewed or pre-approved by the campaign. 

Ed O’Keefe

Ed O’Keefe is CBS News senior White House and political correspondent. He previously worked for The Washington Post covering presidential campaigns, Congress and federal agencies. His primary focus is on President Biden, Vice President Harris and political issues across the country.