The Dodgers won an eighth World Series in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night after a remarkable comeback against the Yankees.
New York, trailing 3-1 in the series, raced into a 5-0 lead and looked to be cruising to a second successive victory.
But a catastrophic fifth inning saw the Yankees give up five runs and allow the Dodgers to level the game.
Then, after the Yankees edged ahead once more, Los Angeles scored two late runs to secure a 7-6 win – and a 4-1 series victory. No team has ever before erased a five-run deficit to clinch the World Series.
Having avoided a sweep on Tuesday night, Aaron Judge and Co were hoping to force a Game 6 and take the best-of-seven series back to Los Angeles.
The Dodgers completed a dramatic comeback to beat the Yankees and win the World Series
Pitcher Walker Buehler celebrates after victory was secured at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday
‘It was love, it was grit, it was just a beautiful thing,’ Mookie Betts after victory was sealed
Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts celebrate during the Dodgers’ remarkable comeback
The Yankees made the perfect start, with Judge hitting a two-run homer before Jazz Chisholm extended New York’s lead at the bottom of the first.
But the game changed when Judge one of several Yankees errors in the fifth inning that helped the Dodgers fight back.
It was a comeback befitting an electrifying series, which began with Freddie Freeman’s historic walk-off grand slam and included a remarkable clash between Mookie Betts and two Yankees fan in Game 4.
On the comeback, Betts said: ‘It was love, it was grit, it was just a beautiful thing. I’m proud of us, I’m happy for us.’
Coach Dave Roberts added: ‘I thank god, I thank my players, their families… the fingerprints on Dodger nation…this trophy belongs to everyone.’
It’s the Dodgers’ first championship since 2020, when they were denied a parade because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Freeman was named MVP after a remarkable, history-making series which saw him score home runs in each of the first four games.
Gerrit Cole threw 103 pitches on a wild night that included one terrible inning in the fifth
A Yankees fan sticks up for his own with a homemade sign directed at Mookie Betts
The sun sets over Yankee Stadium in the hours before Game 5 of the World Series
It was another sold-out crowd in the Bronx to see the Yankees take on the rival Dodgers
