Los Angeles Dodgers win 2024 World Series; beat Yankees 7-6 in Game 5

The Los Angeles Dodgers captured the franchise’s 8^th World Series title, coming from behind to beat the New York Yankees 7-6 in Game 5 Wednesday night in the Bronx.

The Yankees jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning when slugger Aaron Judge, whose bat had been quiet in the Fall Classic, launched the first pitch he saw from Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty into the right field seats.

New York added three more runs and led the Dodgers 5-0 heading into the 5^th inning – that’s when a series of defensive miscues opened the door for L.A.

Judge took his eye off shortstop Tommy Edman’s soft liner at the last moment and dropped it for an error that put two runners on with nobody out. After two more defensive blunders by New York, the Dodgers tied the score when Freddie Freeman hit a two-run single, and Teoscar Hernández followed with a two-run double off Gerrit Cole with two outs.

Freeman’s two-run single gave him 12 RBIs in the World Series, matching a Fall Classic record set 64 Freddie Freeman hit a two-run single to tie the Series record of 12 RBIs, set by Bobby Richardson over seven games in 1960, and was voted Series MVP.

The 35-year-old first baseman had homered in each of the first four games, becoming the first player to accomplish that feat. The streak began when he launched the first game-ending grand slam in World Series history in a dramatic opener in Los Angeles.