Anthony Volpe hits the grand slam in Game 4 of the World Series

NEW YORK – The almighty cheer that erupted from Yankee Stadium could well have been heard as far away as the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where Anthony Volpe spent the first years of his life as a young Yankees fan.

Heck, the sound might as well have spread to his birthplace in New Jersey.

That's because Volpe's first postseason home run was finally the hit these Yankees have been starving for all week – a grand slam off Dodgers reliever Daniel Hudson that put New York on its way to an 11-4 victory in Game 4 brought The home run revitalized New York in an elimination game (Los Angeles leads the best-of-seven series 3-1) and also marked the sixth grand slam overall this postseason, an MLB record.

“I didn’t know I did it,” Volpe told FOX after the game. “And then I passed out when it went off.”

The Yankees hadn't led in this World Series since Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam in Game 1 – but with a grand slam of his own, Volpe finally gave his team the spark, and not a moment too soon for the Yankees desperately trying to avoid a sweep.

“The Yankees and the organization and growing up with those guys had such a big impact on my life, on my relationships — my relationships with my parents, my sister, everyone,” Volpe said. “We still talk about the memories we saw. I think that's what makes the Yankees the Yankees, and the city and these fans and everything about it. There’s nothing like it.”

It had been Freeman, of course, who had put the Dodgers firmly on the path to that Fall Classic sweep with another homer in the first inning, a two-run blast that made him the first player to win in six consecutive World Series -Playing scored a homer.

Finally, the Yankees had an answer – with the slam, making this the first World Series since 1987 with multiple grand slams (Kent Hrbek and Dan Gladden for the Twins) and the first since 1964 with a slam on each side (Ken Boyer for the Cardinals, Joe Pepitone for the Yankees).

The energy in the Bronx increased when Hudson hit Aaron Judge with one out in the third, increased when Jazz Chisholm Jr. blasted a single off the right field wall and rose to a fever when Giancarlo Stanton took a walk around the bases to occupy.

And after a frustrating series of missed opportunities in big moments for these Yankees, Volpe finally broke the tension with the breakout that followed his first pitch swing with a down-and-in slider to left-center and the ball 390 feet up the middle sent euphoric stands on the left.