Dodgers walk-off grand slam wins World Series opener

Freddie Freeman deed the archetypal walk-off expansive slam successful World Series past arsenic the Los Angeles Dodgers bushed the New York Yankees successful other innings successful crippled 1 astatine Dodger Stadium.

With the sides locked astatine 2-2 aft 9 innings, Great Britain planetary Jazz Chisholm Jr led a Yankees rally to springiness them a slender pb successful the apical of the 10th.

But with the Dodgers down to their past out, the Yankees' determination to intentionally locomotion the unsafe Mookie Betts, loading the bases for Freeman, backfired spectacularly.

The archetypal crippled of the best-of-seven bid began arsenic a pitching duel arsenic Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty and Yankees ace Gerrit Cole dominated.

The hosts broke the deadlock successful the bottommost of the 5th inning arsenic Enrique Hernandez, lone the 2nd Dodger to get connected basal by that stage, raced location connected a sacrifice alert by Will Smith.

The Yankees, successful their archetypal World Series since 2009, bounced consecutive backmost arsenic Giancarlo Stanton hoisted Flaherty for a two-run homer.

Both sides squandered opportunities by stranding baserunners, but the Dodgers drew level aft Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani deed a treble to centre tract successful the eighth, precocious to 3rd basal connected a fielding mistake and Betts' sacrifice alert drove him in.

The Yankees thought they had retaken the pb successful the ninth erstwhile Gleyber Torres went heavy to centre field, but arsenic a protagonist reached implicit to drawback the shot earlier it deed the wall, a ruling of "fan interference" was upheld aft a video replay, and Torres was sent backmost to 2nd base.

Yankees talisman Aaron Judge, who had a disappointing nighttime with 3 strikeouts, past stranded 2 runners arsenic other innings loomed.

In the 10th, Chisholm stole 2 bases earlier Anthony Volpe batted him successful to marque it 3-2.

Back came the Dodgers, with 2 men connected basal and the publication surely written for an Ohtani walk-off - but aft helium fluffed his lines, Freeman enactment the seal connected a memorable game.

The bid continues connected Saturday astatine the aforesaid venue, earlier switching to New York connected Monday.

Game 1: Dodgers 6-3 Yankees

Game 2 (in LA): Saturday, 26 October

Game 3 (in New York): Monday, 28 October

Game 4 (in New York): Tuesday, 29 October

Game 5* (in New York): Wednesday, 30 October

Game 6* (in LA): Friday, 1 November

Game 7* (in LA): Saturday, 2 November

*if required. Matches commencement 20:08 Eastern Time (early adjacent greeting UK time). Home squad listed first.