In the World Series that followed, a Freddie Freeman walk-off grand slam in Game 1 and a tense Game 6 in Fenway Park set the stage for a series that was defined by exciting lead changes and nail-biting turns of events. It ended with the Dodgers winning their second World Series title in five years and first since 2020, despite the Yankees taking three of the four games at Yankee Stadium and holding a 5-0 lead in the decisive fifth game.
NEW YORK — Amid a wild night at Yankee Stadium, Giancarlo Stanton restored order with his sacrifice fly in the sixth inning of Game 5 to put the Yankees back on top of a 7-6 World Series tie. The ball landed some 403 feet away from the right field bleachers and turned Yankee Stadium into a bobbing sea of bedlam.
But that’s not the end of the story. With two runners on base and one out in the eighth, Dodgers closer Blake Treinen — who saved his top relievers and the series-clinching win over the Astros with a tidy seventh inning — was summoned. With the game tied and a pair of Dodgers pitchers stretched to their limit, Treinen got Juan Soto to fly out and then struck out Anthony Rizzo on his 42nd pitch to send the series back to Los Angeles for a Game 7. A new champion is born.