The Los Angeles Dodgers reach the World Series for the fourth time in seven years

The Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the World Series after defeating the New York Mets in the National League Championship Series in six games.

The Dodgers won Game 6 10-5 and advanced to the final round of the postseason.

Los Angeles is now appearing in the World Series for the fourth time since 2017. The Dodgers are 1-2 in their last three appearances. They lost in back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018 and won in the pandemic-shortened season in 2020.

The Dodgers’ first three wins in the NLCS were dominant both on the mound and in the batter’s box. Los Angeles won Games 1, 3 and 4 by a combined score of 27-2.

The offense was particularly great in Game 6.

The Dodgers fell behind 1-0 after the first inning before scoring the next six runs of the game. Los Angeles hit two two-run home runs in the bottom of the third thanks to Tommy Edman and Will Smith.

Edman also had a two-run double in the first.

Insurance runs occurred in the later innings of the game. Shohei Ohtani hit an RBI single in the sixth inning, and three more runs came in the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly by Teoscar Hernández, a double by Mookie Betts and a single by Enrique Hernández.

According to MLB’s Sarah Langs, the Dodgers’ 46 runs against the Mets are the fourth-most in a single playoff series ever.

After losing in the NLCS in 2021, Los Angeles struggled in the postseason before this fall. The Dodgers had lost in the Divisional Series two years in a row before this October and had won just one game in two postseasons.

Los Angeles also got revenge during that trip to the World Series, beating its NL West rival, the San Diego Padres in the NLDS, who did the same to the Dodgers in 2022.

It made history for the 30-year-old Ohtani, who this season became the first person ever to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases. Ohtani won two American League MVPs while playing for the Los Angeles Angels from 2018 to 2023, but never played for a team that finished over .500 until he was traded to the Dodgers.

The Mets, who have the highest payroll in MLB at over $305 million, have not made the World Series since 2015.

The Dodgers face their cross-country rivals, the New York Yankees, in the World Series, their MLB record 12th game in the Fall Classic. The Yankees have won eight of the last eleven meetings.

The World Series begins on Friday.