Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman celebrate after scoring against the New York Yankees during the fifth inning of Game 5 of the World Series of baseball, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in New York.

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NEW YORK – The Los Angeles Dodgers won their second World Series championship in five seasons, overcoming a five-run deficit with the help of three defensive errors by the Yankees and rallying with sacrifice flies by Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts in the eighth. entry to beat New York. 7-6 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, Alex Verdugo’s RBI single chased Jack Flaherty in the second and Giancarlo Stanton’s third-inning home run off Ryan Brasier built a 5-0 lead for the Yankees.

But errors by Judge in center and Anthony Volpe at shortstop, combined with pitcher Gerrit Cole’s failure to cover first on Betts’ groundout, helped Los Angeles score five unearned runs in the fifth.

After Stanton’s sixth-inning sacrifice fly put the Yankees back ahead 6-5, the Dodgers loaded the bases against underdog Tommy Kahnle in the eighth before Luke Weaver’s sacrifice fly.

Winner Blake Treinen escaped a two-on-one, one-out jam in the bottom half by retiring Stanton on a fly ball and striking out Anthony Rizzo.

Walker Buehler, in his first relief appearance since his rookie season in 2018, pitched a perfect ninth for his first major league save.

“Obviously we’re resilient, but there’s a lot of love in the clubhouse that won this game today,” Betts said. “That’s what it was. It was love, it was courage. I mean, it was just a beautiful thing. “I’m just proud of us and happy for us.”

When Buehler struck out Verdugo to end the game, the Dodgers took the field to celebrate between the mound and first base, capping a season in which they won 98 games and finished with the best regular-season record.

“There are a lot of ways we can win baseball games,” Buehler said. “Obviously, the superstars we have on our team and the discipline, it all adds up.”

Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ record $700 million signing and the first baseball player with 50 home runs and 50 steals, went 2 for 19 with no RBIs and singled after separating his shoulder during a swing base stealing in Game 2.

Freddie Freeman hit a two-run single to tie the Series record of 12 RBIs, set by Bobby Richardson in seven games in 1960. With the Dodgers one out away from losing Friday’s opener, Freeman hit a grand slam that ended the game reminiscent of Kirk Gibson’s home run. against Oakland’s Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 of 1988 that propelled Los Angeles to the title.

The Dodgers won their eighth championship and seventh since leaving Brooklyn for Los Angeles, their first in a non-shortened season since 1988. They won a neutral-site World Series against Tampa Bay in 2020 after a 60-game regular season and failed to win. . have a parade due to the coronavirus pandemic.

These Dodgers of Ohtani, Freeman & Betts joined the Duke Snider and Roy Campanella Boys of Summer of 1955, the Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale era that spanned the three titles from 1959 to 1965, the groups led by Tommy Lasorda in 1981 and 1988 and the Betts. and Clayton Kershaw 2020 champions.

Dave Roberts won his second championship in nine seasons as Dodgers manager, tying Lasorda and behind Walter Alston’s four. The Dodgers won for the fourth time in 12 Series games against the Yankees.

New York remained without a title since winning its record 27th in 2009. The Yankees acquired Juan Soto from San Diego in December knowing he would be eligible for free agency after the 2024 Series. The 26-year-old star went 16- 5 and one RBI in the Series in the face of intense bidding on the open market.

Judge finished 4 for 18 with three RBIs.

Cole did not allow a hit until Kiké Hernández singled leading off the fifth. Judge, who an inning earlier made a leaping catch off the wall to deny Freeman an extra-base hit, dropped Tommy Edman’s fly ball to center field. Shortstop Anthony Volpe then bounced a throw to third on Will Smith’s groundout, allowing the Dodgers to load the bases with no outs.

Cole struck out Lux and Ohtani, and Betts grounded out to Rizzo. Cole didn’t cover first, signaling for Rizzo to run toward the bag as Betts outran the first baseman.

Freeman followed with a two-run single and Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run double to tie the score. Max Muncy walked before Kiké Hernández grounded out for a force out on Cole’s 48th pitch of the inning.

Stanton’s sixth-inning sacrifice fly off Brusdar Graterol put the Yankees ahead 6-5, but the Dodgers rallied one last time in the eighth.