At the beginning of the series, the LA Dodgers had amassed a 3-win lead against the NY Yankees. The Dodgers were one win away from winning the series when the Yankees won to make the count 3-1. Anthony Volpe hit a grand slam to put the Yankees ahead, and they were able to hold their lead throughout the rest of game 4.
On Oct. 30 the Dodgers were on the Yankees’ turf, and they set out to make a point. The first inning of the game proved their point when Aaron Judge hit a two-run home run. That put the Yankees in the lead 2-0 in the 1st inning of game five.
Not shortly after Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a solo home run to the right side of the stadium. After the Yankees hit back-to-back home runs, the Dodgers had little hope of coming back, yet everything changed in the 5th inning.
Errors by Judge and Volpe helped Los Angeles score five unearned runs in the fifth. Coming out of the fifth inning the game had been tied 5-5, then during the sixth inning, Giancarlo Stanton hit a single into the outfield which allowed Juan Soto to score [for] a Runners Batted In (RBI).
After Shohei Ohtani got to first due to catcher’s interference, Mookie Betts was up to hit with the bases loaded and he hit a sac fly to center. This put the Dodgers ahead 7-6 in the top of the eighth.
The Dodgers had gained a one-run lead on the Yankees, and they were able to hold them off to win their 8th World Series title. “It seems like we hit every speed bump possible over the course of this year,” Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman said, after being crowned World Series MVP, “To overcome what we did as a group of guys, it’s special.”
Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts was questioned after the game about his thoughts on winning. “We’re obviously resilient, but there’s so much love in this clubhouse that won this game today,” Betts said. “It was love and grit—it was just a beautiful thing, and I’m proud of and happy for us.”
