It’s the 12th Fall Classic meeting between the Dodgers and Yankees, by far the most prolific of any postseason matchup. But this will mark the first meeting between these two teams since 1981. The Dodgers won the championship that season, but the Yankees have won eight of the previous 11 matchups. Since the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, they are 2-2 in World Series against New York.

The Dodgers earned home-field advantage throughout the postseason by finishing with 98 wins, the best record in baseball. The Yankees won 94 games, the best record in the American League and third-best record overall, with the 95-win Phillies in between.

The Yankees beat the Guardians in five games in the American League Championship Series, clinching the pennant on Saturday night in Cleveland. It’s the first trip to the World Series for New York since 2009.

Juan Soto smashed a three-run home run in the 10th inning on Saturday that lifted the New York Yankees over Cleveland 5-2 and into their first World Series since 2009.

The 25-year-old Dominican outfielder crushed a fastball from Cleveland pitcher Hunter Gaddis over the centerfield wall to score the deciding runs in a thriller that sent the Yankees into their record 41st World Series overall.

Earlier on, Giancarlo Stanton had hit a two-run homer in the sixth to level the match at 2-2.

“It’s the best feeling in the game whenever you win and take your team to the World Series,” said Soto. “It’s the best feeling you can ever have. That’s what we play for.

“We did a really good job since day one. We’ve been working hard. Now we’re the best team in the American League.”

In an uncanny display of dominance throughout the 2024 National League Championship Series, the Dodgers have left the Mets reeling. Approaching game four, fans anticipated a thrilling matchup, but the Dodgers had other plans, continuing their bludgeoning of the Mets with a decisive 10-2 victory. This brings their series lead to a commanding 3-1, having outscored the Mets 30-9 overall.

The game’s tone was set from the very first inning when Jose Quintana, a postseason hero for the Mets, gave up a solo shot to Shohei Ohtani. It wasn’t just any home run; it was his first postseason hit without runners on base, setting an early tone that would haunt the Mets. Quintana managed to shake it off momentarily and closed the inning without further damage—a false promise of stability for what was to come.

But by the next inning, the Dodgers were unstoppable. The floodgates opened wide in the third, with a Tommy Edman double and an Enrique Hernandez single that plated two.

Though the Mets loaded the bases in the bottom of the third, only a single run scored off a scrappy effort by an injured Brandon Nimmo, who narrowly beat out a double play.

The Dodgers, however, showed no mercy, extending their lead with two runs each in both the fourth and sixth innings, before sealing the deal with an eighth-inning flurry. At this point, the Mets faced their toughest predicament yet—a daunting 3-1 series deficit in the NLCS.

With their World Series aspirations hanging by a thread, the Mets find themselves at a critical juncture.