Dodgers win World Series after thrilling comeback

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the 2024 World Series aft recovering from 5-0 down to bushed the New York Yankees 7-6 astatine Yankee Stadium and seal a 4-1 bid victory.

A topsy-turvy crippled was turned upside down astatine its halfway constituent arsenic the Dodgers exploited Yankees fielding errors successful the apical of the 5th inning to level the scores.

"We conscionable took vantage of each mistake they made successful that inning and scored 5 runs," near fielder Teoscar Hernandez said.

"The bullpen and the pitching unit gave america the accidental to enactment successful the game. It's a imagination travel true."

It is simply a 2nd rubric successful 5 years for the National League champions, who had antecedently won successful the Covid-shortened 2020 season.

Facing elimination, the Yankees came retired swinging successful the Bronx arsenic back-to-back first-inning location runs by Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr enactment them 3-0 up.

When Alex Verdugo drove successful Anthony Volpe successful the second, Dodgers starting pitcher Jack Flaherty was hooked, and Giancarlo Stanton's solo changeable made it 5-0 successful the third.

Yankees starter Gerrit Cole was flawless for 4 innings, but the Dodgers rallied aft Judge fluffed a regular drawback successful centre tract successful the fifth, loading the bases with nary outs earlier Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Hernandez each drove successful runs to marque it 5-5.

Stanton's sacrifice alert successful the sixth edged the Yankees successful beforehand again, but the Dodgers deed backmost successful the eighth with 2 sacrifice flies of their ain to pb 7-6.

Having burned done six relievers aft Flaherty's aboriginal exit, the Dodgers turned to crippled three's starter Walker Buehler to transportation the ninth with a one-run lead, but helium retired each 3 batters helium faced to seal the title.

"Who wants a parade?" yelled manager Dave Roberts, referring to the pandemic that had constricted their celebrations successful 2020.

Much of the pre-series attraction had been connected Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani, making his archetypal quality successful the post-season aft a stellar archetypal twelvemonth with the Dodgers.

The 30-year-old is simply a uncommon 'two-way' player, capable to vie astatine the highest level arsenic some a hitter and a pitcher, but did not transportation during 2024 aft having elbow surgery.

He was further hampered successful the World Series aft injuring his enarthrosis sliding into 2nd basal successful crippled two, and a bid grounds of 2 hits from 19 sheet appearances arsenic designated hitter was humble by his standards.

But the Dodgers showed their spot successful extent arsenic Freeman, carrying an ankle injury, led the offence spectacularly, assisted by Betts who present has 3 World Series rings to his name.

While the Yankees' fielding and baserunning was occasionally sloppy, the Dodgers gave nary quarter, and this last crippled exemplified however their injury-hit pitching unit collectively pulled unneurotic to assistance present the title.

Game 1: Dodgers 6-3 Yankees

Game 2: Dodgers 4-2 Yankees

Game 3: Yankees 2-4 Dodgers

Game 4: Yankees 11-4 Dodgers

Game 5: Yankees 6-7 Dodgers

Home squad listed first.