The Los Angeles Dodgers won their second World Series in five seasons, overcoming a five-run deficit with the help of three defensive miscues by the Yankees and a rebound from a fielding scare. of Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts in the eighth inning to beat New York 7-6 in Game 5 on Wednesday night. Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hitting two consecutive home runs in the first inning, Alex Verdugo’s RBI single chased Jack Flaherty in the second, and Giancarlo Stanton’s third-inning home run off Ryan Brasier gave the Yankees a 5- 0. But errors by Judge in center field and Anthony Volpe as shortstop, combined with pitcher Gerrit Cole’s failure to cover first base after Betts’ hit, helped Los Angeles scored five unearned runs in the fifth inning.
After Stanton’s sixth-inning sacrifice bunt put the Yankees up 6-5, the Dodgers covered the bases against shortstop Tommy Kahnle in the eighth inning before Luke Weaver’s sacrifice bunt knocked in he. Judge double-teamed winner Blake Treinen with one out in the bottom half and Chisholm walked. Manager Dave Roberts walked to the mound with Treinen on 37 pitches. Walker Buehler, making his first save since his 2018 rookie season, pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first major league save. When Buehler missed Verdugo to end the game, the Dodgers rushed the field to celebrate between the mound and first base, capping a season in which they won 98 games and had their best record of the season. prizes regularly.
With thousands of Dodgers fans remaining in a nearly empty stadium, Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred presented the trophy on a quickly erected podium at second base. Shohei Ohtani, first baseball player to hit 50 home runs, 50 steals, hit 2 of 19 at-bats with no home runs and have a single hit after dislocating his shoulder in an attempted steal in Game 2. The Dodgers won their eighth and seventh championships since leaving Brooklyn for Los Angeles their first in a non-shortened season since 1988. They won the World Series on the field neutral against Tampa Bay in 2020 after a 60-game regular season and not being able to march because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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