The Los Angeles Dodgers are the 2024 World Series champions!
For the third year, the 12-team postseason kicked off with an action-packed wild-card round, featuring eight teams battling for four spots to advance to the eight-team division series. The Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves were all swept by their wild-card opponents, sending the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres on to the division series. In this year's only Game 3, Pete Alonso and the New York Mets stunned the Milwaukee Brewers with a ninth-inning go-ahead homer to move on.
The Philadelphia Phillies became the first team knocked out of the divisional round when the Mets closed out Game 4 at Citi Field to upset Philadelphia. Meanwhile, in the American League, the New York Yankees advanced to the ALCS, where they beat a Cleveland Guardians team fresh off an ALDS Game 5 win over the Tigers.
The Yankees put away the Guardians in a hard-fought five-game ALCS triumph and the Dodgers ousted the Mets in six games.
Finally, after five back-and-forth games against the Yankees, the Dodgers sealed their first World Series win after a full 162-game season since 1988. Here are all the scores, news and results you need to know about this year's MLB postseason.
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World Series
Best-of-seven series
New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles wins series 4-1
Game 2: Dodgers 4, Yankees 2
Game 3: Dodgers 4, Yankees 2
Game 4: Yankees 11, Dodgers 4
Game 5: Dodgers 7, Yankees 6
American League Championship Series
Best-of-seven series
Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees
New York wins series 4-1
Game 1: Yankees 5, Guardians 2
Game 2: Yankees 6, Guardians 3
Game 4: Yankees 8, Guardians 6
National League Championship Series
Best-of-seven series
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets
Los Angeles wins series 4-2
Game 1: Dodgers 9, Mets 0
Game 2: Mets 7, Dodgers 3
Game 3: Dodgers 8, Mets 0
Game 4: Dodgers 10, Mets 2
Game 5: Mets 12, Dodgers 6
Game 6: Dodgers 10, Mets 5
American League Division Series
Best-of-five series
Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers
Cleveland wins series 3-2
Game 1: Guardians 7, Tigers 0
Game 2: Tigers 3, Guardians 0
Game 3: Tigers 3, Guardians 0
Game 4: Guardians 5, Tigers 4
Game 5: Guardians 7, Tigers 3
New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals
New York wins series 3-1
Game 1: Yankees 6, Royals 5
Game 2: Royals 4, Yankees 2
Game 3: Yankees 3, Royals 2
Game 4: Yankees 3, Royals 1
National League Division Series
Best-of-five series
Philadelphia Phillies vs. New York Mets
New York wins series 3-1
Game 1: Mets 6, Phillies 1
Game 2: Phillies 7, Mets 6
Game 3: Mets 7, Phillies 2
Game 4: Mets 4, Phillies 1
Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres
Los Angeles wins series 3-2
Game 1: Dodgers 7, Padres 5
Game 2: Padres 10, Dodgers 2
Game 3: Padres 6, Dodgers 5
Game 4: Dodgers 8, Padres 0
Game 5: Dodgers 2, Padres 0
American League Wild Card Series
Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros
Detroit wins series 2-0
Game 1: Tigers 3, Astros 1
Game 2: Tigers 5, Astros 2
Kansas City Royals at Baltimore Orioles
Kansas City wins series 2-0
Game 1: Royals 1, Orioles 0
Game 2: Royals 2, Orioles 1
National League Wild Card Series
Best-of-three series
New York Mets at Milwaukee Brewers
Mets win series 2-1
Game 1: Mets 8, Brewers 4
Game 2: Brewers 5, Mets 3
Game 3: Mets 4, Brewers 2
Atlanta Braves at San Diego Padres
San Diego wins series 2-0
Game 1: Padres 4, Braves 0
Game 2: Padres 5, Braves 4