Dodgers win World Series after wild comeback in Game 5 - ESPN
NEW YORK — The 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers were lined with stars but ravaged by injury. They had spent an entire season overcoming adversity.
And in the end, when it was time to clinch a championship, they did it once more, erasing a five-run deficit and using seven relievers — including starting pitcher Walker Buehler — to cover 23 outs in a 7-6, come-from-behind victory over the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday night.
With that, the Dodgers clinched their eighth title in franchise history, their first since the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season and their first in a full season since 1988. They became the first team to use more than seven pitchers to clinch a championship.
«We're obviously resilient, but there's so much love in the clubhouse that won this game today,» Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts said. «That's what it was. It was love, it was grit. I mean, it was just a beautiful thing. I'm just proud of us and I'm happy for us.»
Their comeback was a product of the multitude of opportunities presented to them in the fifth inning. Aaron Judge had a liner hit directly at him ricochet off his glove. Anthony Volpe threw wide of third base on an attempted force out. Anthony Rizzo fielded a slow roller but had nobody to flip it to at first base. With two outs and the bases loaded, Freddie Freeman followed with a two-run single and Teoscar Hernandez added a two-run double to tie the score at 5-5.
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had been cruising through the first four innings, keeping the Dodgers hitless while throwing only 49 pitches. He then threw 38 pitches in a fifth inning that essentially required six outs because of the team's misplays.
The five-run comeback was tied for the fourth-largest in World Series