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    Dodgers vs. Yankees: Los Angeles wins 8th World Series title after New York’s complete self-destruction

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    BRONX, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30, 2024: Teammates celebrate with Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler (21), back left, after winning the World Series. Game 5 of the World Series against the Yankees at Yankees Stadium in New York City, Wednesday, October 30, 2024. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

    It wasn’t the smoothest way to close out a 3-0 lead in the World Series, but the Dodgers don’t care. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

    For the second time in five seasons and the first time in a full season since 1988, the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions. It took an extremely ugly Game 5 to get them there. They take it with a sip of champagne.

    The Dodgers entered with a 3-1 series lead, but perhaps with more than a few nerves after a tough loss to the New York Yankees in Game 4, falling behind 5-0 before a chaotic comeback clinched the Commissioner’s Trophy in their hands with a 7-6 victory.

    It’s a win that few observers saw coming when the postseason began, even with one of the most talented lineups in baseball. With an injury-plagued rotation, the Dodgers overwhelmed opponents on offense and got just enough quality pitching to make it work.

    Freddie Freeman, who homered in a record four straight games to open the Fall Classic, was named a deserving World Series MVP after the game.

    The Yankees would have become the first team in World Series history to force a Game 6 after trailing 3-0. They got off to an early start when Aaron Judge broke through his postseason demons with a two-run homer in the first inning, then got another when Jazz Chisholm Jr. went back-to-back.

    It was a rough start for the Dodgers’ Jack Flaherty, who was more than solid in Game 1 but ultimately retired after 1 1/3 innings with four earned runs to his name. A home run by Giancarlo Stanton off Ryan Brasier created a five-run lead in the third inning.

    Meanwhile, Gerrit Cole did exactly what the Yankees paid him to do. He pitched four hitless innings to open the game and then, well, the fifth inning followed.

    A series of three major defensive errors tied the game, with the Dodgers scoring five unearned runs as Yankee Stadium went from raucous to stunned. First it was Judge who bobbled an easy ball. Second was Anthony Volpe who bounced a throw to third base while trying to catch the lead runner. Third was Gerrit Cole who refused to cover first base on a routine grounder.

    The Yankees took the lead back in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by Stanton, but the Dodgers took the lead back in the seventh after Tommy Kahnle loaded the bases with no outs. Another miscue followed when Austin Wells gave Shohei Ohtani a free base on catcher interference, with a pair of sacrifice flies scoring the decisive runs.

    After losing five runs, the Dodgers moved into World Series winning position, and it was almost entirely thanks to the Yankees. Blake Treinen pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings to push the lead into the ninth, then Walker Buehler, the Dodgers’ likely Game 7 starter, capped off a game that should make Yankees fans vomit for years to come.

    New York had a chance to make history by sending the series back to Los Angeles, and instead saw MLB’s other juggernaut celebrating a World Series in The Bronx.

    Here’s how it all went down on Yahoo Sports:

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    • The Dodgers didn’t get a parade after winning it in 2020. This one will be different.

    • Freddie Freeman is your MVP of the 2024 World Series

      He opened the Fall Classic with a record four straight games with a home run and had another important RBI tonight. There was no other choice than the Dodgers’ first baseman.

    • Another one of the best seasons in baseball history.

    • Walker Buehler has something to say.

    • Did Juan Soto just play his last game in a Yankees uniform?

      Juan Soto has almost certainly made some money this postseason. The only question is whether the Yankees will be the ones to give it to him. Soto’s free agency is by the numbers the second most lucrative in MLB history, behind Ohtani’s $700 million deal, and could be worth even more when you factor in inflation from the Dodgers’ postponement -star.

      The Yankees and Mets threaten to be Soto’s top natural candidates, but earlier this week it was reported that the Dodgers were interested. It’s going to be expensive for the Yankees to bring this team back.

    • Shohei Ohtani is a World Series champion

      He didn’t do much in the World Series, but Shohei Ohtani helped get the Dodgers there. He is now a World Series champion, a Japan Series champion and a World Baseball Classic champion.

      Perhaps the most talented player in baseball history now has the one big thing missing from his resume, and all it took was joining a Dodgers team that needed him. His 2024 season will be legendary in Japan.

      Oh yeah, and he can pitch next year.

    • That was Walker Buehler’s first career save.

    • Final: Dodgers 7, Yankees 6

      The Dodgers have officially clinched their eighth World Series title and their first since 2020.

    • Dodgers win the World Series

      And it will! The Dodgers’ victory officially won the World Series 4-1.

    • Austin Wells strikes out swinging, and the Dodgers are one out away. Alex Verdugo is now playing for the Yankees.

    • Anthony Volpe hits a grounder to third base and one out is gone in the ninth.

    • Walker Buehler is now on the mound for the Dodgers here in the ninth.

    • Leiter struck out Edman, then Smith grounded to third base to end the inning. The Yankees now head into the bottom of the ninth inning trailing by one run with the World Series on the line.

    • Kiké Hernandez also walked and Aaron Boone takes the mound. Mark Leiter now comes in to try to end the inning for the Yankees and keep their deficit to one run.

    • Teoscar Hernandez just opened the ninth inning with a single, and Taylor can now run for him and close the game in left. Taylor just moved up to second on a balk, after Weaver also tried to throw too many times to first.

    • Stanton flied out to right on the first pitch of his at-bat, then Treinen swinged out Anthony Rizzo to escape the inning.

      The Dodgers are now just three outs away from winning the World Series.

    • And Treinen just walked with Jazz Chisholm. He now has 37 pitches to his name with just one out in the eighth as Dave Roberts walks onto the mound. Treinen will remain in the game for the time being.

    • Juan Soto grounded out for the first out of the inning, but Aaron Judge followed with a perfect double to left. The Yankees are in position to take the lead again here in the eighth.

    • Weaver only threw 13 pitches there, so there’s a good chance he’ll stick around in the top of the ninth inning with 4-5-6 for the Dodgers.

    • Weaver strikes out Freddie Freeman to end the inning, but the damage has already been done. Blake Treinen stays in and Walker Buehler is ready to be used if he gets into trouble.

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