{"id":87936,"date":"2024-10-21T00:38:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T04:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=87936"},"modified":"2024-10-21T00:38:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T04:38:26","slug":"dodgers-win-2024-nl-pennant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/10\/21\/dodgers-win-2024-nl-pennant\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Win NL Pennant, Setting Up Star-Studded World Series vs. Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers knocked off the New York Mets 10-5 in Game 6 of the NLCS Sunday night to win the National League pennant. They now advance to the 2024 World Series, where they will face the American League champion New York Yankees, who secured their 41st <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/10\/20\/yankees-win-first-al-pennant-since-2009\/\" target=\"_self\">AL pennant<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WORLD SERIES BOUND. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dSCoZ7IRJR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dSCoZ7IRJR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dodgers\/status\/1848206559878263056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dodgers Knock Off Mets in Six Games to Win NL Pennant<\/h2>\n<p>Despite a blowout loss in Game 5, the Dodgers were sitting pretty coming back home to LA. With two chances to close out the series, they opted for a bullpen game on Sunday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kopecmi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Kopech<\/a> kicked things off, and the Mets struck first off him with their backs still against the wall. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindofr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Francisco Lindor<\/a> drew a leadoff walk and eventually came around to score on an infield single by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/alonspe01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pete Alonso<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets would need a strong outing from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/manaese01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Manaea<\/a> to both keep them in the game and preserve the bullpen. Unfortunately for them, it did not work out that way. The Dodgers answered in the bottom of the first, as eventual series MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Edman<\/a> doubled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohtansh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernate01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a>, who both singled earlier in the frame. It snowballed in the third inning, as Edman hit a two-run homer to make it 4-1, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=smithwi05,smithwi04,smith-091wil,smith-090wil,smith-088wil&amp;search=Will+Smith&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Smith<\/a> followed suit with a two-run shot of his own.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Edman<\/a> is UNSTOPPABLE! Four RBI on the day and 11 on the series! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5sXJn0PEWc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/5sXJn0PEWc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JomboyMedia\/status\/1848172454335656286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tommy Edman drove in 11 runs throughout the series to help the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dodgers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Dodgers<\/a> capture the pennant!<\/p>\n<p>He takes home the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NLCS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NLCS<\/a> MVP Award. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1j42ydMi0X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1j42ydMi0X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1848213865060053154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To their credit, though, these Mets never quit. A two-run homer by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/vientma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Vientos<\/a> in the fifth made it 6-3 and kept New York in the game. But from there it was death by a thousand cuts. Ohtani tacked on an RBI single in the sixth to extend the Dodgers&#8217; lead to four. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/alvarfr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Francisco Alvarez<\/a> sacrifice fly made it 7-4, but the Mets&#8217; failures with runners in scoring position all night became their ultimate undoing. The Dodgers scored three more in the eighth to put the game out of reach. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bettsmo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mookie Betts<\/a> RBI double, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernate01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> sac fly, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernaen02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> RBI single made it 10-4 Los Angeles. A last-minute rally by the Mets led to one more run in the ninth on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcneije01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff McNeil<\/a> single, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/t\/treinbl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blake Treinen<\/a> closed out the five-run win.<\/p>\n<h3>The Fall Classic<\/h3>\n<p>Thus ends a magical October run by the Mets, and the Dodgers&#8217; postseason bounceback continues after several disappointments since 2020. Sunday&#8217;s result sets up a star-studded World Series matchup with the Yankees beginning on Friday. It is their 12th meeting all-time in the Fall Classic, dating back to the Dodgers&#8217; time in Brooklyn, and the first since 1981. Both sides feature some of the best players in the sport, and with the top two media markets in the nation involved, it is sure to generate some of the biggest ratings for a World Series in recent memory.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WORLDSERIES?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WORLDSERIES<\/a> MATCHUP IS SET <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yankees?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@YANKEES<\/a>. <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dodgers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DODGERS<\/a>. ? <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qajZFWVTkS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qajZFWVTkS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1848205871886545211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers knocked off the New York Mets 10-5 in Game 6 of the NLCS Sunday night to win the National League pennant. They now advance to the 2024 World Series, where they will face the American League champion New York Yankees, who secured their 41st AL pennant on Saturday. WORLD SERIES BOUND. 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