The Dodgers secure their ticket to the World Series with a Game 6 victory over the Mets and win the NL pennant

The Los Angeles Dodgers return to the World Series after defeating the New York Mets 10-4 in Game 6 to win the National League pennant.

The Dodgers, who are reaching the Fall Classic for the first time since the shortened 2020 season, will host Games 1 and 2 of the World Series against the New York Yankees, who beat the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday night, making it back for the first time in time 2009.

The Dodgers and Yankees, two iconic and storied MLB franchises, have not met in the World Series since 1981, when New York lifted the trophy at the end of the series.

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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) hits an RBI single in the sixth inning against the New York Mets in Game 6 of the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

It wasn’t an easy task for the Dodgers, as the Mets hoped they could see another Subway Series while they continued to fight to send things back to Los Angeles with a win in Game 5 at Citi Field.

However, the Dodgers didn’t allow it to come to a decisive seventh game and got the job done at their home Dodger Stadium.

And it wasn’t the usual suspects Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts who were the catalysts for the four-game win in this series.

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Instead, it was the Dodgers’ cleanup hitter, shortstop Tommy Edman, who continued to have a torrid postseason with a four-RBI night that included a two-run home run in the four-run bottom of the third inning for Los Angeles.

After the Mets got into the game with a run in the first inning – Pete Alonso reached on an infield single to score Francisco Lindor from third base – Edman found himself alongside Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez as he belted an RBI double giving the Dodgers a lead they wouldn’t relinquish all game.

Then, in that third inning, Edman launched a 406-foot home run off Mets starter Sean Manaea, followed by Will Smith hitting a two-run bomb of his own to pull New York ahead 6-1.

The Mets, a team that could never be counted out until the 27th man was out this postseason, began chipping away at the Dodgers’ lead when Mark Vientos hit a two-run home run of his own off Ryan Brasier early in the fourth inning. Vientos, the rookie third baseman who was a godsend for the Mets this October, hit his fifth home run of the postseason.

But what ultimately undid the Mets was their inability to capitalize on runners on base, leaving 12 total, including a bases-loaded situation in the top of the sixth when they trailed 6-3 . Jesse Winker thought he had a soft fly ball to left field that might fall, but Hernandez caught it to end the threat.

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) strikes out to end the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game Six of the 2024 MLB Playoffs NLCS at Dodger Stadium. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

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Early in the eighth inning, with the Dodgers leading 7-4, the Dodgers saw veteran reliever Blake Treinen mow down and strike out Brandon Nimmo, Vientos and Pete Alonso, leaving his team with just three outs for the pennant to give.

But Treinen was completely under pressure in the beginning of the ninth after the Dodgers tattooed Kodai Senga and scored three runs, making it 10, for the second time in the series against the Mets. The Dodgers scored at least six runs in all but one game against New York in this NLCS.

Treinen allowed a pair of hits with two outs to start the ninth, but he got Francisco Alvarez to move to second, securing the win.

In the box score, Ohtani went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI, while Hernandez had the exact same stats. Second baseman Chris Taylor, the Dodgers’ nine-hitter, also added two hits in three trips.

Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Tommy Edman (25) celebrates with outfielder Mookie Betts (50) after hitting a two-run hit in the third inning against the New York Mets in Game Six of the 2024 NLCS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Dodger Stadium. hit a home run. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images)

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And on the mound was virtually everyone in the Dodgers’ bullpen, with Michael Kopech getting the start and everyone from Anthony Banda to Evan Phillips to Daniel Hudson and finally Treinen starting the whole thing in an “all-hands-on.” -Deck” assignment for the manager concluded Dave Roberts’ club.

The Dodgers were the top seed in the National League and the Yankees were the same in the American League. An old rivalry will be revived in the Fall Classic, which begins with Game 1 on October 25 in Los Angeles.

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