Walker Buehler closes out World Series win for Dodgers in perfect ending for LA

Against the odds, with a little bit (or a lot) of help from the Yankees' defense time and time again, the Dodgers have won their eighth franchise title, toppling the mighty Bronx Bombers for the fourth time in the teams' rivalry. In doing so, they've become the only team to ever come back from a five-run deficit to win a World Series elimination game. The team that led the majors in wins in this season, the team that spent over $1 billion to do nothing but win a championship, did it.

After grabbing a four-run lead courtesy of Jack Flaherty, the Yankees looked like they had it made as long as the bullpen could keep the Dodgers at bay. What no one could've expected was the disaster that befell the Yankees defense over and over. It can all be traced back to an dropped fly ball by Aaron Judge, a botched throw by Anthony Volpe, and Gerrit Cole not covering first base, and the Dodgers had tied the game by the top of the fifth with five unearned runs.

LA completely exhausted their bullpen, trotting out Anthony Banda, Ryan Brasier, Michael Kopech, Alex Vesia, Brusdar Graterol, Blake Treinen, and finally Walker Buehler in an all-out effort that's one for the ages.

Giancarlo Stanton had given the Yankees the lead in the bottom of the six with a sac fly, but the Dodgers matched it with a sac fly of their own, and then another for good measure from Mookie Betts.

The slimmest of margins — a single run — stood between the Dodgers and the Commissioner's Trophy as Buehler took the mound on one day of rest to face the bottom of the Yankees' order.

And he was perfect. Volpe grounded out, Wells went down swinging, and the last at-bat against Alex Verdugo seemed to go by in a heartbeat. After ball one, Verdugo was swinging at anything he saw. Three swinging strikes, and the Dodgers won the World Series.

Dodgers win eighth World Series in franchise history in five games against the Yankees

This Game 5 will surely go down as one of the weirdest World Series clinchers of all time. The Dodgers' power was almost completely absent here. Every run was either taken as a direct result of their opponents' failings, or by good ol' small ball — well-timed sacrifice flies to inch further and further up until the end.

Although opposing fans might deny it, the Dodgers faced a lot of adversity to get here. Everyone thought they would crash out in the NLDS. Their rotation held just three starters. The first two innings of Game 5 made it look like the Yankees were all but guaranteed to be on a flight to LA on Friday.

But the Dodgers took this one by degrees. Capitalizing on mistakes, taking advantage of small moments. There's really not much more to say at this point. They did it. They're getting their parade.