The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3Ă—1 and were declared champions for the first time since 1988.
The victory in 32 years was at the neutral headquarters of Arlington, Texas, which had the series 4-2 on aggregate, came about in a sizzking sixth inning to which the Rays led 1-0, credit to a home run by Cuban rookie Randy Arozarena.
The Dodgers, took departure advantage of the pitcher Blake Snell, and scored through Austin Barnes and Mookie Betts who hit a solo home run in the eighth to stamp the seventh World Series title victory of LA Dodgers.
The confirmed statistics of winning team were: LA Dodgers after the fifth game of the World Series started with a 3-2 lead, had won 44 of 67 previous times, for 65.7%.
