Miah Massaro | Sports Editor
In a thrilling conclusion to the 2024 World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers triumphed over the New York Yankees, clinching the championship in a nail-biting comeback, overcoming a five-run deficit to defeat the Yankees 7-6 in game 5 of the series. The Dodgers victory secured their eighth World Series title.
Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm dominated in the first inning, giving the Yankees a 5-0 lead by the fourth. However, the New York Yankees defensive lapses proved costly, and The Dodgers seized the opportunity, with Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez each contributing two runs to tie the game at five in the fifth inning.
The Yankees regained the lead in the sixth, but once again, they faltered defensively in the eighth.
In the bottom of the eighth, the Yankees had runners on first and second with one out, but Giancarlo Stanton popped out, and Anthony Rizzo struck out, ending the threat as Dodgers closer, Blake Treinen, wrapped up 2.1 scoreless innings.
As Buehler struck out Verdugo to seal the victory, and the Dodgers rushed onto the field to celebrate between the mound and first base, culminating a season in which they won 98 games and secured the best regular-season record.
"I don't care about legacies," Clayton Kershaw said after the game. "We do our best to try to win games. When we lose, it's not fun and when we win, it's awesome. That's the way baseball is. More than anything, you gotta understand how hard this is. Everybody just writes it off like we're supposed to be here and that's not the case. It takes a lot to get here, regardless of the talent level. Everybody just assumes we're gonna show up and win 100 games and the World Series, but you saw tonight it takes every last guy."
This championship marks Shohei Ohtani's first in his inaugural postseason appearance. For Mookie Betts, it's his third title, having previously won with the Dodgers and one with the Boston Red Sox in 2018.
While the Dodgers previously won the World Series in the short lived 2020 season, this win represents their first title in a full season since 1988. Treinen subtly addressed those who downplay the 2020 title, emphasizing that the players from that team can now silence their critics.
"The guys from 2020 can finally find some relief," he said.
100,000 people are expected to be at the Dodgers parade in celebration of their win–a well earned roar of excitement for the city of L.A.
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