Dodgers win World Series in 5 games, overcome 5-run deficit with help of errors to beat Yankees 7-6
NEW YORK (AP) — You gotta hand it to Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers.And not just because the Yankees certainly did.When New York let LA back into World Series Game 5, the Dodgers did what they’ve done all year — kept on going.After taking advantage of three miscues to erase a five-run, fifth-inning deficit during one of the most memorable midgame meltdowns in baseball history, the Dodgers used eighth-inning sacrifice flies from Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts to beat New York 7-6 on Wednesday night.
Dodgers Beat Yankees to Win World Series
The Los Angeles Dodgers overcame a five-run deficit to beat the New York Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 and win the franchise’s second World Series in five seasons.
Dodgers win World Series
NEW YORK (AP) — You gotta hand it to Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers. And not just because the Yankees certainly did. When New York let LA back into World Series Game 5, the Dodgers did what they’ve done all year — kept on going. After taking advantage of three miscues to erase a five-run, fifth-inning deficit during one of the most memorable midgame meltdowns in baseball history, the Dodgers used eighth-inning sacrifice flies from Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts to beat New York 7-6 on Wednesday night. In spring training this is what we said we were going to do and we did it,” Betts proclaimed, champagne stinging his eyes. Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning for New York. Alex Verdugo’s RBI single chased Jack Flaherty in the second, and Giancarlo Stanton’s third-inning homer against Ryan Brasier built a 5-0 Yankees lead. In the dugout, the Dodgers remained focused. “We were like just get one, chip away, chip away,” Freeman said. Errors by Judge…
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