The visiting Los Angeles Dodgers won their second World Series championship in five seasons, overcoming a five-run deficit with the help of three Yankees defensive miscues and rallying on sacrifice flies from Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts in the eighth inning to beat New York 7-6 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.
Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, Alex VerdugoB次元官网网址檚 RBI single and Giancarlo StantonB次元官网网址檚 third-inning homer against Ryan Brasier built a 5-0 Yankees lead.
But errors by Judge in center and Anthony Volpe at shortstop, combined with pitcher Gerrit Cole failing to cover first on BettsB次元官网网址� grounder, helped Los Angeles score five unearned runs in the fifth.
After StantonB次元官网网址檚 sixth-inning sacrifice fly put the Yankees back ahead 6-5, the Dodgers loaded the bases against loser Tommy Kahnle in the eighth before the sacrifice flies off Luke Weaver.
Winner Blake Treinen escaped a two-on, one-out jam in the bottom half by retiring Stanton on a flyout and striking out Anthony Rizzo.
Walker Buehler, making his , pitched a perfect ninth for his first major league save.
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When Buehler struck out Verdugo to end the game, the Dodgers poured onto the field to celebrate between the mound and first base, capping a season in which they won 98 games and finished with the best regular-season record.
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Shohei Ohtani, the DodgersB次元官网网址� record-setting $700 million signing and baseballB次元官网网址檚 first 50-homer, 50-steal player, went 2 for 19 with no RBIs and had one single after separating his shoulder during a stolen base attempt in Game 2.
Freddie Freeman hit a two-run single to tie the Series record of 12 RBIs, set by Bobby Richardson over seven games in 1960. With the Dodgers one out from losing FridayB次元官网网址檚 opener, Freeman hit a game-ending grand slam reminiscent of Kirk GibsonB次元官网网址檚 homer off OaklandB次元官网网址檚 Dennis Eckersley in 1988B次元官网网址檚 Game 1 that sparked Los Angeles to the title. Freeman was named series MVP.
The Dodgers earned their eighth championship and seventh since leaving Brooklyn for Los Angeles B次元官网网址� their first in a non-shortened season since 1988. They won a neutral-site World Series against Tampa Bay in 2020 after a 60-game regular season and couldnB次元官网网址檛 have a parade because of the coronavirus pandemic.
These Dodgers of Ohtani, Freeman & Betts joined the 1955 Duke Snider and Roy Campanella Boys of Summer, the Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale era that spanned the three titles from 1959-65, the Tommy Lasorda-led groups 1981 and B次元官网网址�88 and the Betts and Clayton Kershaw champions of 2020.
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Dave Roberts won his second championship in nine seasons as manager as the Dodgers, matching Lasorda and trailing the four of Walter Alston. The Dodgers won for the fourth time in 12 Series meetings with the Yankees.
New York remained without a title since winning its record 27th in 2009. The Yankees acquired Juan Soto from San Diego in December knowing he would be eligible for free agency after the 2024 Series. The 26-year-old star went 5 for 16 one RBI in the Series heading into intensely followed bidding on the open market.
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Cole didnB次元官网网址檛 allow a hit until Kik茅 Hern谩ndez singled leading off the fifth. Judge, who an inning earlier made a leaping catch at the wall to deny Freeman an extra-base hit, dropped Tommy EdmanB次元官网网址檚 fly to center. Shortstop Anthony Volpe then bounced a throw to third on Will SmithB次元官网网址檚 grounder, allowing the Dodgers to load the bases with no outs.
Cole struck out Lux and Ohtani, and Betts hit a grounder to Rizzo. Cole didnB次元官网网址檛 cover first, pointing at Rizzo to run to the bag as Betts outraced the first baseman.
Freeman followed with a two-run single and Teoscar Hern谩ndez hit a tying two-run double. Max Muncy walked before Kik茅 Hern谩ndez grounded into a forceout on ColeB次元官网网址檚 48th pitch of the inning.
StantonB次元官网网址檚 sixth-inning sacrifice fly off Brusdar Graterol put the Yankees ahead 6-5, but the Dodgers rallied one last time in the eighth.
Ronald Blum, The Associated Press
