Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers Win World Sequence vs. Yankees, Thrill MLB Followers with G5 Comeback

We’ll break down every key moment from the game in a moment. But first, here were some of the adjectives—and reactions—that social media offered as the Dodgers pulled off a comeback for the ages:

Game 5 played out in four very distinct chapters.

The first was New York’s offensive explosion in the first three innings, highlighted by Aaron Judge’s two-run homer in the bottom of the first, Jazz Chisholm’s solo shot one batter later and Giancarlo Stanton’s dinger in the third.

The second chapter was a wild top of the fifth for the Dodgers.

New York’s horrible fielding—highlighted by Judge’s surprising drop in center field, an Anthony Volpe throwing error and Gerrit Cole’s failure to cover first base on what should have been an inning-ending groundout—opened the door for a big frame, and the Dodgers pounced.

The red-hot Freddie Freeman drove in two with a single, followed by Teoscar Hernández’s two-run double:

The third chapter was a more subdued version of the second.

After Giancarlo Stanton gave the Yankees the lead in the bottom of the sixth with a sacrifice fly, the Dodgers loaded the bases twice in the top of the eighth inning. Both times, sacrifice flies—first from Gavin Lux and then from Betts after Shohei Ohtani reached base on catcher interference—gave the Dodgers their first lead of the game.

After which there was the fourth and closing chapter, and it was probably the most anticlimactic. With six outs remaining, the Yankees could not handle to push a run throughout, because the Dodgers’ bullpen—which was referred to as upon to deal with 7.2 innings on this sport—silenced the exact same offense that hammered starter Jack Flaherty.

So deep did the bullpen must dig that nearer Blake Treinen threw 2.1 innings, whereas Sport 3 starter Walker Buehler was referred to as upon to get the save.

That is how splendidly bizarre this sport was, no less than from L.A.’s perspective. In New York, the selection of adjectives will skew definitively extra unfavourable. We’ll go away these as much as your individual creativeness.