The Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the World Series and defeated the New York Mets in the National League Championship series in six games.

The Dodgers won 10-5 in Game 6 to advance to the final round of the postseason.

Los Angeles will now appear in their fourth World Series since 2017. The Dodgers are 1-2 in their three most recent outings. They lost in 2017 and 2018 and won in 2020 during the pandemic-shortened season.

The Dodgers’ first three wins in the NLCS were dominant, both on the mound and in the batter’s box. Los Angeles won Games 1, 3 and 4 by a combined score of 27-2.

Especially in Game 6, the offense was great.

The Dodgers fell behind 1-0 after the first inning before scoring the next six runs of the game. Los Angeles hit two two-run home runs in the bottom of the third, courtesy of Tommy Edman and Will Smith.

Edman also hit a two-run double in the first inning.

Insurance runs came in the later innings. Shohei Ohtani hit an RBI single in the sixth, with three more runs in the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly by Teoscar Hernández, a Mookie Betts double and an Enrique Hernández single.

The Dodgers’ 46 runs against the Mets are the fourth-most ever in a single playoff series, according to MLB’s Sarah Langs.

After losing in the 2021 NLCS, Los Angeles had struggled in the postseason before this fall. The Dodgers lost in the Divisional Series two years in a row before this month and won just one game in two postseasons.

Los Angeles also got some revenge on this trip to the World Series, eliminating its NL West rivals the San Diego Padres in the NLDS, who did the same to the Dodgers in 2022.

It will be the first World Series appearance for the 30-year-old Ohtani, who made history this season as the first person ever to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases. Ohtani won two American League MVP awards while playing for the Los Angeles Angels from 2018 to 2023, but never played for a team that finished above .500 until he joined the Dodgers.

The Mets, who have the highest payroll in the MLB at more than $305 million, have not reached the World Series since 2015.

The Dodgers will face their cross-country rival the New York Yankees in the World Series, their MLB-record 12th appearance in the Fall Classic. The Yankees have won eight of the previous eleven meetings.

The World Series starts on Friday.