The Los Angeles Dodgers have punched their ticket to the World Series as they chase back-to-back titles, powered by six shutout innings and three home runs from superstar Shohei Ohtani.

Shohei Ohtani hit three homers, one of them leaving Dodger Stadium. He threw six scoreless innings, while striking out 10 and allowing only two hits. He is a player with three career MVP awards (soon to be four), a World Series ring and the only 50-homer, 50-stolen base season in MLB history, and his masterpiece didn't come until Friday.

At the start of every season, each MLB club begins its climb toward a World Series title. Five teams have yet to reach the mountaintop; however, one of them still has a fresh opportunity to change that in 2025,

Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff home run and two more home runs in the fourth and seventh innings to send the Dodgers to the World Series for the second year in a row.

Since the first World Series in 1903, no team has been more successful than the New York Yankees. The Yankees have also won the most consecutive World Series titles. Take a look at the MLB teams that have won back-to-back World Series championships below:

Winning one World Series is hard enough, but there have been only 14 teams to win at least two in a row. Capturing back-to-back championships is obviously no easy feat. Just ask the 2024 Rangers, who

In possibly the greatest postseason performance in MLB history, Ohtani hits three home runs and pitches six scoreless innings in a 5-1 Game 4 win, as the Dodgers keep alive their bid to repeat

Shohei Ohtani was named NLCS MVP after helping the Los Angeles Dodgers clinch a spot in the 2025 World Series with one of the most dominant performances in MLB postseason history.

Dave Roberts and the Los Angeles Dodgers aren't afraid of embracing a villain persona. Especially when they have a fully operational Death Star hitting and pitching for them. As the Dodgers celebrated a second straight National League title and a chance to become MLB's first back-to-back champions in 25 years,

The Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers have never won the World Series. Here's a full list of MLB teams without World Series championships.

The Dodgers are ready to go back-to-back. Los Angeles completed an NLCS sweep of the Brewers on Thursday, winning 5-1 at Dodger Stadium to secure the franchise’s 23rd trip to the World Series. After defeating the Yankees in the 2024 Fall Classic,