They’re calling on the biggest pinch hitter of them all.
New York Yankees faithful prayed inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral for divine intervention as the World Series headed to the Bronx and the Cathedral of Baseball this week.
Declan Wholey, 20, a self-avowed Yankees “super fan” from Rhode Island, was among many fans who took a penitent detour at the storied Manhattan house of worship Monday as the Yankees were set to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers after two losses on the West Coast.
“I was just in there giving a quick prayer for the Yankees — and my family,” he said.
“I’m feeling good. I’m a little nervous. It’s definitely a make-or-break game for us.”
The World Series games this week are the first in the Bronx in 15 years — an eternity for a franchise with 27 championship titles.
On Monday, the Bronx Bombers were down 0-2 in the World Series against the team’s historic rivals the Los Angeles Dodgers and fans such as Wholey set out to pray at St. Patrick’s that the Yankees’ championship hopes didn’t go to hell.
A win Monday or Tuesday would force a Game 5 at Yankee Stadium, and if needed the final two installments of the best-of-seven series would be played back at Dodger Stadium.
Brandon Foster, a 28-year-old fan from Puerto Rico, didn’t plan on stopping by the cathedral but felt an appeal to the Almighty couldn’t hurt.
“I basically was praying making sure they get the win today and see if they can come back,” he said.
“It’s still a long series to go, so hopefully they can bounce back today and still have a good shot.”
Some devotees in the church even sported relics — not of saints, but of Yankee glory.
Lake George superfan Harrison Lindman, 24, proudly showed off his watch made from old seats from the old Yankee Stadium, which closed in 2008.
“Bring back the ghosts from the old stadium,” he said, alluding to the saints of Yankeedom like Lou Gehrig and Mickey Mantle.
The grim World Series deficit prompted New York Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan to cheekily tell fans to light a candle for St. Jude, the patron saint of impossible causes whose feast day was Monday.
Self-described “die-hard Yankee fan” Patricia Lindman, 55, happily evoked the saint.
“It’s St. Jude’s Feast Day today,” she said. “It’s also my mom’s birthday today. And we’re going to win the Yankees Game tonight.”
