Yankees’ inning from hell sent their World Series hopes spiraling

It was the inning from hell and it helped end the Yankees season.

The top of the fifth inning in Game 5 of the World Series started with the Yankees up 5-0 and Gerrit Cole tossing a no-hitter.

It ended with the game tied and what had been a party at Yankee Stadium beginning to feel like a funeral, which ended up being for the Yankees in a brutal 7-6 loss.

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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

Here’s a look at what went right, and then very wrong as the Yankees went from the verge of booking a trip to Los Angeles for Game 6 to failing to keep their season alive.

Kiké 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.

That’s when things got weird .

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.

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