Boston Red Sox players celebrate their World Series win.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 Sunday night to win their fourth World Series championship in 15 years.

The Red Sox scored two runs in the first inning of Game 5, and retained a lead over the Dodgers throughout the night. The Red Sox won 11 of their 14 postseason games, with the Dodgers only beating the team once during the World Series: on Friday during the record 18-inning Game 3. This was the second year in a row the Dodgers made it to the World Series but did not win, having lost to the Houston Astros in 2017.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.