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The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions.
The Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees, 7-6, in Game 5 of the 2024 World Series Wednesday (October 30) night, winning four games to one. Los Angeles rallied back from a 5-0 deficit with a five-run fifth inning before taking the lead in the seventh when Tommy Edman scored on a sacrifice fly hit by Mookie Betts.
Betts reached on an infield single to give the Dodgers their first run, capitalizing on a lapsed play in which the Yankees left first base open after first baseman Anthony Rizzo fielded the ball just far enough away from the base. Freddie Freeman, who hit a home run in each of the first three games of the World Series and homered in four consecutive World Series games dating back to his 2021 World Series win as a member of the Atlanta Braves, singled to center, which scored Edman and Will Smith before Teoscar Hernández doubled to center, scoring Betts and Freeman.
Starting pitcher Walker Buehler earned the save, entering in the ninth inning despite having started Game 3 two days earlier. Reliever Lake Treinen earned his second win of the World Series, recording three strikeouts and one hit in 2.1 innings.
The Dodgers won their eighth World Series in franchise history, having last won during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, which was played in front of a limited capacity attendance.