The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees to win the World Series in Game 5

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees to win the 2024 World Series.

The Dodgers won game five to clinch the title, by a final score of 7-6 on the Yankees’ home field at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. This marks their eighth World Series championship.

It is the first World Series victory for the Dodgers star pitcher, Shohei Ohtani. Meanwhile, the team made history as the first to claim professional baseball’s top title after falling behind by five or more runs.

“Obviously we’re resilient, but there’s so much love in this clubhouse that won this game today,” Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts said after Wednesday’s match, per MLB.com. “It was what it was. It was love. It was grit. It was just a beautiful thing. I’m just proud of us and I’m just happy for us.”

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While Los Angeles crossed its fingers and hoped for the best, the Yankees — back in the World Series for the first time since 2009 — proved no match for their West Coast rivals, including the Dodgers’ Freddie Freemanwho was voted MVP of the series. Freeman, 35, hit four home runs over his team’s first four games against the Yankees and drove in 12 runs over five games to tie a World Series record set by former Yankee Bobby Richardson around 1960.

“This is everything,” Freeman said in an interview after the game on the pitch. “I’m telling you, I wouldn’t be here without the support of everybody in (Dodgers) shirts tonight.”

Downplaying his individual award, he pointed to the Dodgers’ collective trophy and said, “That’s what it’s all about!”

“Every spring training, this is our goal,” Freeman added of winning the series. “And for that to come true, with this group of guys, I couldn’t have asked for a better year. Holy cow.”

Freddie Freeman’s wife Chelsea gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Dodgers-Yankees World Series

Before the first pitch of the night, Freeman’s wife, Chelsea, took to Instagram and posted a photo of herself with their son, Charlie, 8, in the stands. In another snapshot, she showed off the back of her black leather jacket, which was emblazoned with pictures of her husband and the word “Freeman” in bright Dodger blue. “Game 5! Let’s gooo,” she captioned the post.

The ballplayer was a prominent hero from the beginning of the World Series. During the first Dodgers-Yankees game on Friday, October 25, he hit a grand slam to win the game. After the walk-off grand slam, Freeman ran over to Chelsea and they embraced for a loving moment on the edge of the pitch.

It has been a highlight of the couple’s lives after experiencing a tough year, including their 3-year-old son Max’s health battle. In July, Chelsea rushed Max to the hospital after he was unable to stand or walk. He eventually received a Guillain-Barré syndrome diagnosis. (Freeman and Chelsea are also parents to Brandon, 3.)

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Weeks before the Dodgers took part in the Fall Classic, Freeman opened up about the couple’s “trying” year.

“Every day it’s a mental laugh,” he shared New York Times. “I’m mentally exhausted. It’s not just (Max) getting better. There’s so much more that goes into something like this. I could tell you I need more than three days. I could probably tell you , that I would need the rest of my life to (reset).”