With the World Series at 3 games to 1, there was talk of an epic and historic comeback. It happened, but it came from the team ahead in the series. 

The Los Angeles Dodgers came back from a 5-0 deficit to win Game 5, 7-6, and the World Series 4 games to 1 over the New York Yankees. The Dodgers clinched their 8th World Series championship at Yankee Stadium right before the clock struck Halloween on Wednesday night. Freddie Freeman won the Willie Mays World Series MVP Award. It’s the first title for Los Angeles since 2020, which came during a COVID-shortened season, and the first during a full season and playoffs with fans since 1988. 

Games 1 and 5 were ones for the books. Game 1 had everything, from a pitchers duel, to great plays in the field, to stolen bases, to Freeman’s walk off grand slam, a first in Fall Classic history. 

The Dodgers won both Game 2 and 3 by a 4-2 score. The Yankees staved off a sweep and had their offense wake up for an 11-4 win in Game 4. 

In Game 5, Gerrit Cole looked sharp and the Yankees took a 5-0 lead with the help of Aaron Judge’s first World Series home run. Then came a fifth inning where the Dodgers tied the game on five unearned runs after two errors. 

New York took back the lead, but two sac flies in the 8th inning, the go-ahead sac fly by Mookie Betts, gave LA their final margin of victory. 

Shohei Ohtani, who got injured in Game 2, was largely quiet in the series, while Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton each homered for the Yankees. 

The most hyped World Series matchup to most baseball fans may not have lived up to it, but the Dodgers proved they were baseball’s best in the regular season and postseason.