Baseball's postseason is down to its final two teams

The two storied franchises will face off for the 12th time

Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Tommy Edman smacked a third inning fastball into the left field seats for his first homer this postseason to help the Los Angeles Dodgers get past the New York Mets for the final ticket to the World Series, which starts Friday.

The Dodgers and Yankees are meeting for the 12th time in the World Series

The 2024 Fall Classic will get started on Oct. 25 in Los Angeles

Heroes, zeros and the inside pitch from the Mets’ 10-5 Game 5 loss to the Dodgers on Sunday night at Dodger Stadium.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani carried the injury-riddled Los Angeles Dodgers to baseball's best record during the regular season. Tommy Edman joined the team in late July and helped them reach the World Series.It's been that kind of year for the big-spending Dodgers. When Ohtani isn't amazing with his power at the plate and prowess on the basepaths, someone else is stepping up.Edman and Will Smith homered to send Ohtani into the World Series for the first time, and the Dodgers eliminated the New York Mets with a 10-5 victory in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series on Sunday night. Los Angeles opens the World Series against the New York Yankees on Friday.“I really feel like we finally arrived, I finally arrived at this stage,” Ohtani said through a translator. “A lot of the games we played were really tough and hard to win, and it was truly a team effort to get here.” The Dodgers clinched their record 25th NL pennant, their fourth in eight years and first won at home since beating the Mets over seven games…

The two storied franchises will face off for the 12th time

Edman was traded to the Dodgers from the Cardinals at the deadline

Los Angeles and New York will meet in the World Series for the 12th time

Tommy Edman and Will Smith homered to send Shohei Ohtani into the World Series for the first time, and the Los Angeles Dodgers eliminated the New York Mets with a 10-5 victory in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series on Sunday night. The Dodgers clinched their record 25th NL…

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It's another do-or-die outing for the Mets.

Tommy Edman and Will Smith homered to send Shohei Ohtani into the World Series for the first time, and the Los Angeles Dodgers eliminated the New York Mets with a 10-5 victory in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series.

Three teams remain in baseball's postseason

The 2024 Fall Classic will get started on Oct. 25, either in New York or Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the World Series after defeating the New York Mets in the National League Championship series in six games. The Dodgers won 10-5 in Game 6 Sunday to move to the final round of the postseason. Los Angeles will now appear in its fourth World Series since 2017. The Dodgers are 1-2 in their three most recent appearances. They lost in back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018, and won in 2020 during the pandemic-shortened season.

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The Yankees are headed to the World Series for the first time since 2009 thanks to a tenth inning home run by Juan Soto, defeating the Cleveland Guardians 5-2 in another October nail-biter.

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