this Los Angeles Dodgers won the second world series Winner of five seasons, overcoming five-game losing streak with help from three games yankees Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts fought back on defensive errors and sacrifices in the eighth inning to beat New York 7-6 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.
Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, Alex Verdugo followed up Jack Flaherty with an RBI single in the second, and Giancarlo Stanton A home run in the third inning against Ryan Blashill built a 5-0 Yankees lead.
But errors by center fielder Judge Judge and shortstop Anthony Volpe, combined with pitcher Gerrit Cole’s failure to first cover Betts’ grounder, helped Los Angeles score five unearned runs in the fifth inning. Fraction.
Stanton’s sacrifice fly in the sixth inning put the Yankees back in front 6-5. dodgers In the eighth inning against loser Tommy Kahnle, Luke Weaver’s sacrifice fly flew away.
Judge doubled in the bottom half to the winner Blake Treinen and Chisholm walked. Manager Dave Roberts took the mound with Treinen on 37 pitches.
“I looked him in the eyes. I said how are you feeling? How much more do you have? I trusted him.
Trenin retired Stanton on a flyout and struck out Anthony Rizzo.
Walker Buehler, coming off the bench for the first time since his rookie season in 2018, pitched a perfect ninth for his first major league save.
“We were obviously very resilient, but there was a lot of love in the clubhouse to win this game today,” Bates said. “That’s it. It’s love, it’s courage. I mean, it’s just a beautiful thing. I’m proud of us and happy for us.”
When Buehler struck out Verdugo to end the game, the Dodgers poured onto the field and celebrated between the mound and first base, winning 98 games and finishing the season with their best regular-season record.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts (50) and Freddie Freeman (5) celebrate after scoring in Game 5 of the World Series against the New York Yankees. Image source: Associated Press
Thousands of Dodgers fans remained in a nearly empty stadium, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred presented the trophy on a quickly erected platform above second base.
“There are a lot of ways we can win baseball games,” Buehler said. “Obviously, with the superstars we have on our team, the discipline, it all adds up.”
Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ record $700 million signing and the first player in baseball history to hit 50 home runs and 50 interceptions, went 2-for-19 with no RBIs and one in Game 2. After separating his shoulder on a stolen base attempt, he hit a single.
Freddie Freeman hit a two-run single to tie Bobby Richardson’s Series record of 12 RBIs in seven games in 1960 and was named the Series Game MVP. After the Dodgers lost Friday’s opener, Freeman hit a game-ending grand slam reminiscent of Kirk Gibson’s Game 1 hit to Oakland in 1988 Dennis Eckersley’s home run helped Los Angeles win the title.
The Dodgers won their eighth championship and seventh since leaving Brooklyn for Los Angeles and their first in a non-shortened season since 1988. Won the neutral-site World Series against Tampa Bay in 2020 but was unable to hold a parade due to the coronavirus pandemic.
These Dodgers teams featuring Ohtani, Freeman and Betts joined the 1955 Duke Snider and Roy Campanella Summer Boys, the Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale eras (spanning three championships (1959-65), Tommy Lasorda’s 1981 and ’88 teams and the Betts teams. .
Roberts won his second championship in nine seasons with the Dodgers, tying Lasorda and trailing Walter Alston’s four. The Dodgers won for the fourth time in a 12-game series against the Yankees.
New York has not won a championship since winning a record 27th title in 2009. players. The 26-year-old star entered the open market bidding war with 16 runs, one RBI and five runs in the series.
Judge went 4-for-18 with three RBIs.
Cole didn’t allow a hit until Kiké Hernández led off the fifth inning. Judge had earlier leapt over the wall to catch Freeman’s extra-base hit and Tommy Edman’s fly pitch to center. Shortstop Anthony Volpe then hit a three-run shot on Will Smith’s grounder to put the Dodgers on the board with no outs.
Cole struck out Lux and Ohtani, and Betts hit a grounder to Rizzo. Without first covering, Cole pointed at Rizzo and ran for the ball, and Betts passed the first baseman.
Freeman followed with a two-run single and Teoscar Hernandez had a tying two-run double. Max Muncy drew a walk, then Kiké Hernández was forced out on Cole’s 48th-inning pitch.
“We just took advantage of every mistake they made in that inning,” Teoscar Hernandez said. “We put some good hitters together. We put the ball in play.
Stanton sacrificed a fly ball from Brusdar Graterol in the sixth to give the Yankees a 6-5 lead, but the Dodgers tied the game for the final time in the eighth.
Kiké Hernández singled to lead off Tommy Kahnle. Edelman followed with an infield hit and Smith reached base four. Luke Weaver made a sacrifice fly to tie the game. Ohtani reached for catcher interference, and Betts followed with another sacrifice fly to give the Dodgers their first lead.
The Dodgers were acquired by Guggenheim Baseball Management in 2012 and two years later hired Andrew Friedman of Tampa Bay to lead their baseball operations. He bolstered the front office with a large analytics and performance science staff, while ownership provided cash.
Last offseason, Los Angeles spent an unprecedented $1.25 billion on trades for Ohtani, pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and James Paxton, and outfielder Teosco Hernandez. Much of that money is future debt, increasing the amount of deferred compensation the Dodgers owe from 2028-44 to $915.5 million.
Facing injuries, the Dodgers acquired Flaherty, Edman and reliever Michael Kopech at the trade deadline, and they all became important parts of the championship run. The additions bring the payroll to $266 million, third behind the Mets and Yankees, and there is an estimated $43 million in luxury taxes.
