BREAKING NEWS The Dodgers win the World Series! Los Angeles secures dramatic Game 5 comeback after Yankees disaster By Ben Nagle At Yankee Stadium Published: 03:52 GMT, 31 October 2024 | Updated: 04:12 GMT, 31 October 2024 e-mail 47 View comments The Dodgers won an eighth World Series in dramatic fashion on Wednesday night after a remarkable comeback against the Yankees. New York, trailing 3-1 in the series, raced into a 5-0 lead and looked to be cruising to a second successive victory. But a catastrophic fifth inning saw the Yankees give up five runs and allow the Dodgers to level the game.
Then, after the Yankees edged ahead once more, Los Angeles scored two late runs to secure a 7-6 win - and a 4-1 series victory. No team has ever before erased a five-run deficit to clinch the World Series. Having avoided a sweep on Tuesday night, Aaron Judge and Co were hoping to force a Game 6 and take the best-of-seven series back to Los Angeles.
The Dodgers completed a dramatic comeback to beat the Yankees and win the World Series Pitcher Walker Buehler celebrates after victory was secured at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday 'It was love, it was grit, it was just a beautiful thing,' Mookie Betts after victory was sealed Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts celebrate during the Dodgers' remarkable comeback The Yankees made the perfect start, with Judge hitting a two-run homer before Jazz Chisholm extended New York's lead at the bottom of the first. But the game changed when Judge one of several .
