Yahoo Sports Los Angeles Dodgers Clinch World Series in Game 5 Against New York Yankees
The Los Angeles Dodgers have clinched the fall classic, beating the New York Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 to win Major League Baseball’s 2024 World Series.
The victory notched from a five-run deficit earlier in the game at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night marks the eighth World Series win in Dodgers’ franchise history. The contest this time around was made for high TV ratings, marking only the fifth time in more than a half-century that the Dodgers and Yankees have faced off for the world championship since the Dodgers relocated to from Brooklyn to the West Coast in 1958.
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Fireworks erupted across Los Angeles in celebration of the home town team’s triumph. The 2024 Dodgers proved to be a team full of fan favorites, from slugger Freddie Freeman who logged no less than four home runs during the series to superstar recruit Shohei Ohtani to Mookie Betts and pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Jack Flaherty and Walker Buehler.
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