The battle between Los Angeles and New York was won by the former.
The Dodgers overcame a five-run deficit in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday to beat the Yankees 7-6, sealing the 4-1 series victory. Freddie Freeman won MVP for his exploits over the course of five games, including a game-winning grand slam in Game 1 and routine home runs.
Yankees star Gerrit Cole won the starting pitching duel after 6 2/3 innings, compared to a dreadful start for Jack Flaherty, who was pulled early in the second after the 4-0 lead. New York.
Los Angeles’ stars were retired in order for the first inning, but back-to-back home runs by Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. made it 3-0 in the bottom of the first. An Alex Verdugo single to right made it 4-0 in the second half when Anthony Volpe scored after a double to left earlier.
Giancarlo Stanton added another homer to make it 5-0 in the third, but everything fell apart for New York in the fifth.
The Dodgers beat the Yankees in five games to win the 2024 World Series. Here are five of the most incredible moments.
After Aaron Judge failed to catch an easy pop fly in the top of the fifth, the Dodgers gradually loaded the bases with no outs as the Yankees continued to make errors on routine plays.
Mookie Betts reached safely to first base after Cole failed to cover the bag, allowing Kike Hernandez to score. With the bases loaded, Freeman then hit a two-run single to cut the Dodgers deficit to 5-3. Teoscar Hernandez followed with a game-tying double to deep center to cap a five-run inning for the Dodgers.
Stanton, however, put the Yankees back in the lead in the next inning. Soto and Judge were both grounded by Brusdar Graterol to start the inning. Chisholm Jr. then hit a grounder at second for a fielder’s choice that left the runners in the corners. Stanton then launched a drive to center field, allowing Soto to score the go-ahead run.
But the Yankees couldn’t prevent other defensive errors, which cost them dearly in the top of the eighth. Tommy Kahnle replaced Clay Holmes in the top of the eighth and didn’t last eight pitches.
Kahnle allowed a Kike Hernandez single to left, an infield single by Tommy Edman and a Will Smith walk that loaded the bases with no outs and the Yankees held a slim 6-5 lead. Luke Weaver replaced Kahnle, making it the third straight day he pitched, the first of his career.
But Weaver couldn’t get New York out of trouble as Kike Hernandez and Edman capitalized with points to give Los Angeles its first lead of the game. A catchers’ interference call against Austin Wells with Shohei Ohtani at the plate loaded the bases, leading to a sac fly by Mookie Betts to give the Dodgers a 7-6 lead.
Mark Leiter Jr. closed out the top of the ninth without allowing a run to Los Angeles following some misfortune caused by Luke Weaver. But Dodgers star Walker Buehler came in to close out the game, recording outs on Volpe, Wells and Alex Verdugo.
The win marks the eighth World Series title for the Dodgers, their last in 2020. The Yankees’ drought extended another year as they last won the Fall Classic in 2009.
