Dodgers beat Yankees to win another World Series, cement ‘golden era’ of franchise dominance
NEW YORK — It had felt so close, yet remained so difficult to cement.
For more than a decade, the Dodgers had aimed for more than just regular-season success. More than just repeated trips to the postseason. More than just a lone, COVID-bubble championship in a pandemic-shortened 2020 season.
This, as president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman had declared time and again, was supposed to be a “golden era of Dodgers baseball,” a generation of organizational excellence unmatched in the storied, but often tortured, history of the century-old franchise.
The fact it hadn’t become that yet was a source of annual internal consternation. So much so, even Friedman’s deep-pocketed bosses became fed up.
Multiple arrests as Dodgers’ World Series victory brings burglaries, vandalism, fires in parts of L.A.
Authorities made multiple arrests after street celebrations over the Dodgers’ World Series victory devolved into a series of burglaries, vandalism and fires in some parts of Los Angeles.
Crowds gathered Wednesday night near L.A. Live to celebrate, at times setting off fireworks. The Los Angeles Police Department issued a dispersal order, but it took several hours to clear the streets.
Ready to celebrate? Dodgers’ World Series championship parade will be Friday
After 36 years, the Dodgers have a date for a World Series championship parade: It’s Friday.
The morning parade will start at City Hall at 11 a.m. and end on 5th Street, near Figueroa Street. Members of the Dodgers will be transported atop double-decker buses. A celebration at Dodger Stadium will follow at 12:15 p.m., with tickets required for the event.
Plaschke: The Greatest! Historic Dodgers overpower Yankees for 8th World Series title
NEW YORK — The silent, somber Bronx suddenly was bathed in joyous dancing blue, a screaming scrum leaping and bouncing and hugging into history.
The Dodgers did it. They really did it.
The hallowed New York Yankees stood frozen in their dugout, stripped of their aura and bludgeoned at their essence, painfully demolished pinstripe by pinstripe.
The Dodgers did it. They really did it.
Walker Buehler pitches ninth to secure Dodgers’ World Series title
⚾ Dodgers 7, Yankees 6 — FINAL: DODGERS WIN 2024 WORLD SERIES
Top of the ninth: Teoscar Hernández led with a single off Yankees reliever Luke Weaver. Chris Taylor then entered as a pinch-runner for Hernández. Max Muncy lined out to right field.
The final out of the Dodgers’ Game 5 win over the New York Yankees to clinch the 2024 World Series title.
Weaver committed a balk, allowing Taylor to take second base. Kiké Hernández drew a walk and the Yankees pulled Weaver for Mark Leiter Jr.
Tommy Edman struck out and Will Smith grounded out to cap the frame.
Bottom of the ninth: Facing Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler out of the bullpen, Anthony Volpe grounded out to third.
Buehler struck out Austin Wells and Alex Verdugo to end the game and give the Dodgers their eighth title in franchise history. The Dodgers won the best-of-seven series 4-1.
Highlights from the Dodgers’ title-clinching victory over the Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series.
Dodgers take lead for first time on Mookie Betts sacrifice fly
⚾ Dodgers 7, Yankees 6 — Eighth inning
Top of the eighth: Kiké Hernández led with a single to left off Yankees reliever Tommy Kahnle. Tommy Edman followed with a broken-bat single that found the gap between third and short. Kahle walked Will Smith on four pitches to load the bases and end his night.
Gavin Lux hit a sacrifice fly to center field off Yankees reliever Luke Weaver, scoring Hernández from third to tie the game 6-6.
Shohei Ohtani then reached first to load the bases on a catcher’s interference call, New York’s third error of the game. The Yankees challenged the call and it was upheld on review.
Mookie Betts drove in Edman on a sacrifice fly to deep center field to give the Dodgers their first lead of the game at 7-6.
Weaver struck out to Freddie Freeman to leave runners on the corners.
Bottom of the eighth: Facing Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen, Juan Soto grounded out to first base. Aaron Judge hit a standup double down the left-field line.
Treinen walked Jazz Chisholm, prompting a mound visit from Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. Treinen stayed in the game and got Giancarlo Stanton to fly out to right field. Treinen then struck out Anthony Rizzo to strand Judge and Chisholm.
Dodgers trail Yankees 6-5 heading into the eighth inning
⚾ Yankees 6, Dodgers 5 — End of the seventh inning
Top of the seventh: Gerrit Cole continued to pitch for the Yankees, getting Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts to ground out. Freddie Freeman drew a walk, ending Cole’s stint at 108 pitches.
Cole received a standing ovation as he walked to the dugout. He allowed four hits and five unearned runs, with six strikeouts and four walks over 6⅔ innings.
Yankees reliever Clay Holmes walked Teoscar Hernández on four pitches before getting Max Muncy to look at a called third strike.
Bottom of the seventh: Blake Treinen struck out Austin Wells and Alex Verdugo. Gleyber Torres grounded out.
Yankees retake lead in the sixth inning
⚾ Yankees 6, Dodgers 5 — End of the sixth inning
Top of the sixth: Tommy Edman lined out and Gerrit Cole struck out Will Smith. Gavin Lux flied out to right field. And there’s this:
Bottom of the sixth: Facing Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol, Juan Soto drew his third walk of the game. Graterol then walked Aaron Judge, prompting a mound visit. Jazz Chisholm grounded into a force out at second base, putting runners on the corners.
Giancarlo Stanton drove in Soto on a sacrifice fly to left-center field, putting the Yankees ahead 6-5.
Graterol walked Anthony Rizzo, prompting Dave Roberts to put Blake Treinen on the mound. Anthony Volpe grounded out to second to end the inning.
Dodgers capitalize on Yankees’ mistakes to tie game in fifth inning
⚾ Dodgers 5, Yankees 5 — End of the fifth inning
Top of the fifth: Kiké Hernández got the Dodgers’ first hit off Gerrit Cole on a single to right field. Yankees center fielder Aaron Judge then dropped a routine fly ball hit by Tommy Edman for an error.
Will Smith then reached first to load the bases after Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe unsuccessfully tried to force out Hernández at third base. Volpe’s throw bounced short of third baseman Jazz Chisholm, allowing the speedy Hernández to slide in safely.
Cole struck out Gavin Lux on a 99-mph fastball for the first out. He then struck out Shohei Ohtani on four pitches.
Mookie Betts followed with a run-scoring single to first base after Cole failed to cover first base and Anthony Rizzo was too far away to make a play at the bag.
Freddie Freeman then laced a single into shallow center field to score Edman and Smith and make it 5-3 Yankees.
On Cole’s 80th pitch of the game, Teoscar Hernández followed with a two-run double to the wall in center field to tie the game 5-5.
Max Muncy drew a walk before Kiké Hernández, who started the inning for the Dodgers, ground out to short, leading to a force out at second base.
All of the runs scored against Cole were unearned. He will pitch the sixth for the Yankees.
Bottom of the fifth: Facing Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia, Giancarlo Stanton grounded out and Anthony Rizzo lined out before Anthony Volpe singled to right field. Vesia hit Austin Wells with a pitch, then walked Alex Verdugo with a seventh consecutive pitch outside the zone to load the bases.
With Brusdar Graterol warming up in the bullpen, Vesia got Gleyber Torres to fly out to right field, getting out of the jam.
Dodgers still looking for first hit; Aaron Judge makes wall-slamming catch
⚾ Yankees 5, Dodgers 0 — End of the fourth inning
Top of the fourth: Mookie Betts led off with a walk. Aaron Judge made a jumping catch into the left-center field wall to rob Freddie Freeman of a potential extra-base hit. Teoscar Hernández grounded out to first and Max Muncy lined out to Judge in center field.
The Dodgers still haven’t gotten a hit off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole.
Bottom of the fourth: Michael Kopech took over from Brasier on the mound for the Dodgers. He walked Alex Verdugo before Gleyber Torres popped out to shortstop Tommy Edman.
Juan Soto then singled on a grounder to right field. Aaron Judge flied out to deep left field. Kopech struck out Jazz Chisholm to end the inning.
Giancarlo Stanton homers to give Yankees 5-0 lead in third inning
⚾ Yankees 5, Dodgers 0 — End of the third inning
Top of the third: Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole struck out Tommy Edman. Will Smith popped out. Cole walked Gavin Lux before Shohei Ohtani flied out to left field to cap the frame. The Dodgers are hitless after three innings.
Bottom of the third: Dodgers reliever Ryan Brasier gave up a solo home run to Giancarlo Stanton to right field, giving the Yankees a 5-0 lead. Yankees manager Aaron Boone liked what he saw on the blast:
Mookie Betts made a sliding catch on an Anthony Rizzo liner for the first out of the inning before Anthony Volpe flied out. Brasier struck out Austin Wells.
Jack Flaherty pulled as Yankees take 4-0 lead in second inning
⚾ Yankees 4, Dodgers 0 — End of the second inning
Top of the second: Gerrit Cole struck out Teoscar Hernández and Max Muncy. Kiké Hernández flied out to right field.
Bottom of the second: Anthony Volpe, who hit a grand slam in Game 4, led with a double down the left-field line off Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty. Austin Wells grounded out to first base, moving Volpe to third.
Former Dodger Alex Verdugo singled on a line drive to right field to score Volpe and make it 4-0 Yankees, ending Flaherty’s short night on the mound for the Dodgers. He retired only four of the nine batters he faced.
Anthony Banda took over on the mound for the Dodgers and struck out Gleyber Torres. Banda walked Juan Soto and Aaron Judge. Jazz Chisholm grounded out to first base, capping the inning.
Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm hit back-to-back homers for Yankees
⚾ Yankees 3, Dodgers 0 — End of the first inning
Top of the first: Facing Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, Shohei Ohtani flied out to center field on the first pitch of the game. Mookie Betts grounded out to first base. Freddie Freeman flied out to left field.
Bottom of the first: Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty gets Gleyber Torres to ground out to second. He then walked Juan Soto.
Aaron Judge broke out of his slump with a two-run home run to right field to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.
Jazz Chisholm then made it back-to-back blasts for the Yankees to give them a 3-0 lead. Chisholm’s home run also was a no-doubter to right field, much to the chagrin of Flaherty.
Kiké Hernández made a diving catch in center field on a flare hit by Giancarlo Stanton for the second out. With Anthony Banda warming up in the Dodgers’ bullpen, Flaherty struck out Anthony Rizzo to end the inning.
Column: What L.A. can learn from this year’s Dodgers
My cousin from the nice part of the San Fernando Valley. A screenwriter pal who lives near the Sony lot. Academics and mechanics, Filipinos and Armenians and Latinos and plain ol’ white folks. Old and young, rich and working class.
On my social media feeds, all I’m seeing is my L.A. friends proclaiming their loyalty to the Dodgers. A bunch of them uploaded videos from Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, which the Blue Crew won against the New York Mets to secure a spot in the World Series.
Plaschke: ‘He’s gone through hell.’ Charley Steiner’s brutal but winning battle with cancer
He has been in pain for so long, but that pain is slowly subsiding.
He has been silenced for nearly a year, but he finally feels like shouting.
A day after Los Angeles was rejoicing over the arrival of the World Series, a voice of the city was celebrating two different words.
Cancer remission.
Five most iconic moments in Dodgers-Yankees World Series history
With the Dodgers set to face the Yankees in the World Series starting Friday, here are the five most iconic moments in Dodgers-Yankees World Series history.
27 up, 27 down
Don Larsen was a mediocre pitcher at best, going 81-91 with a 3.78 earned-run average in 14 seasons, and he was so bad in his first World Series start in 1956 that he was pulled in the second inning after giving up four runs in a 13-8 Game 2 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Assignment from hell: Yankees fan ordered to watch World Series with Dodgers fans in New York
NEW YORK — The Immaculate Heart High School alumnae clustered together are screaming. Two guys who went to Palisades High School are going nuts. Also on hand are Jade, who I knew in high school in Los Angeles, and this guy Jack, who I met in L.A. more recently.
We all are at a tavern on St. Marks Place in Manhattan. Dodgers fans line the curb outside, infuriating passing Yankees fans, who really can’t say anything because the Yankees are at this moment down 2-0 in the World Series to the Dodgers and currently losing 4-0 in Game 3, which (spoiler alert!) they will go on to lose.
In Ohtani’s Dodger blue hometown, a shrine to his baseball talent, and humanity
OSHU, Japan — Seems Hair and Spa in Oshu, a city in northern Japan, is crammed full with Dodgers memorabilia, but owner Hironobu Kanno is adamant that he isn’t really a Dodgers fan.
It was just past 9 a.m. and Kanno, who is 63 and sports a flowing blond ponytail, had just hurried to his shop to tune in to Game 4 of the World Series.
‘Never seen anything like it’: Fans who interfered with Mookie Betts still hot topic
NEW YORK — Desperation was so high in the Bronx this week, with the New York Yankees facing elimination in the World Series to the Dodgers, even their fans crossed the line.
Before the start of Game 5 on Wednesday night, with the Dodgers just one win from a championship holding a three-games-to-one lead in the Fall Classic, much of the pregame conversation revolved around the two Yankees fans who interfered — to put it mildly — with Mookie Betts’ first-inning catch in foul territory in right field.
“I’ve never seen anything like it,” fellow Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández of the play, in which one fan held Betts’ left wrist and pried the ball out of his glove, while another grasped Betts’ right arm. “Now that I see pictures and videos and all that stuff, it’s a little crazy.”
Despite that, all involved parties seemed to be OK with how the incident was handled: The two fans were barred from attending Game 5. The main instigator acknowledged to The Times that he “probably crossed the line.” And Yankees manager Aaron Boone said sternly “there’s no place for that.”
“Yankee fans, they’re really passionate with this team,” Hernández said. “They go hard on players. But I don’t think there’s nothing to worry about.”
“It was maybe one of the more extreme [examples] of trying to rip a ball out,” Yankees outfielder, and former Dodger, Alex Verdugo added. “But at the same time, that’s kind of New York. I feel like that’s what you expect out here. You expect some unique things.”
The Yankees also needed to be unique in order to have hopes of a comeback in this series. No team has ever erased a 3-0 deficit in the World Series before. No team has even forced a sixth game from such a hole.
But the Yankees did have their ace, Gerrit Cole, on the mound for Game 5 coming off his six-inning, one-run start back in Game 1. And while the Dodgers felt good about having their own No. 1 starter, Jack Flaherty, pitching, the pregame onus was on them to make adjustments at the plate.
“He’s one of the best because the stuff that he has and the way that he approaches every hitter, he’s not an easy guy to go face,” said Hernández, who is only five for 26 in his regular-season career against Cole but managed to single in the seventh inning against him in Game 1. “He’s not going to give a lot of pitches to hit to anybody. You just try to make the adjustment during the games and preparation before the game and just go execute it.”
One thing the Dodgers did not do well against Cole in Game 1 was attack his fastball.
The six-time All-Star threw his four-seam — a pitch the Dodgers have had success against in most other games this postseason — on 45 of his 88 pitches, and watched the Dodgers harmlessly foul it off on half of their 23 swings. Of the nine times the Dodgers put one of Cole’s fastballs in play, only three resulted in hits: Hernández’s single, a Tommy Edman double and a Kiké Hernández triple. The Dodgers were only able to score off one of those knocks, when Will Smith hit a sacrifice fly that brought home Kiké Hernández.
Improving against that pitch, manager Dave Roberts said, was going to be key in Game 5.
“We’re in a good space to finish things off tonight,” he said pregame. “I see us breaking out.”
The Dodgers could only hope so.
From the dugout to the bleachers, desperation in the Bronx had only heightened entering Wednesday night.
Rams coach Sean McVay eager to see Dave Roberts and Dodgers win World Series
Before the World Series between the Dodgers and New York Yankees began, Rams coach Sean McVay texted with Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.
The Dodgers hired Roberts before the 2016 season. The Rams hired McVay in 2017.
The two team leaders have become friends.
“Our tenures kind of coincided with one another,” McVay said Wednesday, adding, “You talk about all the right things, the way that he leads, what his teams stand for, the values and principles at which he leads and how he operates — I love Dave Roberts.”
McVay spoke a few hours before the Dodgers and Yankees were scheduled to play Game 5 at Yankee Stadium. The Dodgers lead the series 3-1 and can clinch the title with a victory.
“Looking forward to seeing if we can get one more and go close it out,” McVay said.
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford also said he was rooting for the Dodgers.
“Hopefully, they can get it done,” Stafford said. “Selfishly, I’d like them to get it done here. But anytime they get it done is all right with me.”
Stafford was high school teammates with Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw. A television reporter asked Stafford if he would tell Kershaw he wanted them to lose Wednesday so they could win the title in Los Angeles.
“Well, no, I don’t want them to lose,” Stafford said, chuckling, “but if it happens to go another game, I’m cool with it.”
Plaschke: No big deal. Dodgers punt Game 4, but they’re still in control against the Yankees
NEW YORK — The New York Yankees have awakened.
A little late.
The Yankees mauled and mashed and manhandled the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, staving off a sweep with an 11-4 victory.
Not much to see here.
On a night when two Yankees fans literally tore a foul ball out of Mookie Betts’ glove, the Yankees were desperate.
On a night when Dodgers manager Dave Roberts used Ben Casparius to start and Landon Knack to cover four innings and Brent Honeywell to finish, the Dodgers were cautious.
‘It’s like you’re at the game.’ Fans enjoy cheering on Dodgers at immersive Cosm venue
They cheered, chanted, hugged and high-fived. Hundreds of devoted Dodger fans watched Monday night’s World Series game from ground-level seats just behind the Yankees’ dugout.
Well, almost.
Their premier perch wasn’t in the Bronx but roughly 3,000 miles away, at Cosm in Inglewood where the immersive experience was remarkably similar to being at the game.
Dodgers vs. Yankees Game 5 starting lineups
Here are the starting lineups for Game 5 of the World Series between the Dodgers and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday at 5:08 p.m. PDT:
Yankees fan admits he ‘probably crossed the line’ grabbing Mookie Betts’ glove: ‘Desperation kicked in’
NEW YORK — The Yankees fan who interfered with a catch being made by Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts during Tuesday’s World Series game told The Times that he was just “too passionate” and “probably crossed the line.”
Austin Capobianco, a 38-year-old fan from Connecticut, was banned from attending Game 5 in the Bronx on Wednesday for grabbing Betts’ mitt and appearing to twist the player’s wrist after Betts reached into the stands to catch a foul ball hit by Gleyber Torres. Capobianco said he was trying to steal the ball from Betts to help his favorite team.
Kid thought he was going to dentist. Dad took him to World Series and he caught Freddie Freeman’s grand slam
Long encumbered by a mouthful of metal, Zachary Ruderman was told by his parents Friday that he could leave his fifth-grade class early because he had an orthodontist appointment to get his braces removed. The shaggy-haired 10-year-old figured he’d be out of the chair in time to watch Game 1 of the World Series on TV.
After all, Zachary had worn Dodgers gear to school, drawing from a wardrobe that includes several shirts bearing the name of his favorite player, Freddie Freeman.
So when his father picked him up and — surprise! — showed him tickets in the right-field pavilion and headed directly for Chavez Ravine, Zachary was beyond thrilled. They met his mom in Echo Park for pregame tacos at Guisados and soon were in their seats.
Hernández: Dodgers’ margin of error in World Series shrinks with Gerrit Cole in Game 5
NEW YORK — This could become interesting. This could become scary, even.
Let’s not kid ourselves. This could become downright frightening for the Dodgers.
This World Series will have a fifth game, and starting for the New York Yankees on Wednesday night will be Gerrit Cole.
Jack Flaherty will start for the Dodgers.
Shaikin: Dave Roberts and Dodgers remain confident in their World Series pitching strategy
NEW YORK — The Dodgers trailed by one run, with four innings to go. Did the Dodgers consider using one of their top relievers?
“Doesn’t make sense,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
The Dodgers trailed by two runs, with two innings to go. A bloop and a blast, as they say, and the Dodgers would have tied the game. Did the Dodgers consider using one of their top relievers?
“No,” Roberts said.
Dodgers can’t complete sweep as Yankees get off the mat in Game 4 to keep season alive
NEW YORK — The Dodgers’ lack of pitching hasn’t hurt them often this postseason. But in the third inning Tuesday night, manager Dave Roberts stood in the dugout without many appealing options.
Not only were the Dodgers running their fourth bullpen game of the playoffs in Game 4 of the World Series, trying to sweep the New York Yankees to seal the franchise’s eighth championship, but they were doing it with more limitations than normal.
Dodgers vs. Yankees: How to watch and betting odds for Game 5
The Dodgers continue the postseason Wednesday when they face the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium. The game is scheduled to start at 5:08 p.m. PDT and will air on Fox and Fox Deportes. Radio broadcasts of the game will be on 570 AM and 1020 AM (Español) in the Los Angeles area.
The Dodgers lead the best-of-seven series 3-1. If they win Wednesday, they’ll capture the eighth World Series title in franchise history.
Here are the latest betting odds for Game 5 of the World Series:
Here’s the TV schedule for the remaining games series if necessary (all times Pacific):
- Game 6: Friday, 5:08 p.m. at Dodger Stadium | Fox, Fox Deportes
- Game 7: Saturday, 5:08 p.m. at Dodger Stadium | Fox, Fox Deportes