Dodgers' comeback stuns the Yankees

LA wins World Series as New York suffers Halloween nightmare, blowing a 5-run lead in defensive meltdown

NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Dodgers won their second World Series championship in five seasons, overcoming a five-run deficit with the help of three Yankees defensive miscues and rallying on sacrifice flies from Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts in the eighth inning to beat New York 7-6 in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, Alex Verdugo's RBI single chased Jack Flaherty in the second, and Giancarlo Stanton's third-inning homer against Ryan Brasier built a 5-0 Yankees lead.

But, on Halloween eve, in an inning that will haunt Yankees fans forever, errors by Judge in center and Anthony Volpe at shortstop, combined with pitcher Gerrit Cole failing to cover first base on a Betts grounder, helped Los Angeles score five unearned runs in the fifth.