When Buehler struck out Verdugo to end the game, the Dodgers poured onto the field to celebrate between the mound and first base, capping a season in which they won 98 games and finished with the best regular-season record.

With several thousand Dodgers fans remaining in a mostly empty stadium, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred presented the trophy to LA.

"There's just a lot of ways we can win baseball games," Buehler said. "Obviously the superstars we have on our team and the discipline, it just kind of all adds up."

Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers' record-setting $700 million signing, went 2 for 19 with no RBIs, and had one single after separating his shoulder during a stolen base attempt in Game 2.

Freddie Freeman hit a two-run single to tie the Series record of 12 RBIs, set by Bobby Richardson over seven games in 1960, and was voted Series MVP. With the Dodgers one out from losing Friday's opener, Freeman hit a game-ending grand slam reminiscent of Kirk Gibson's homer off Oakland's Dennis Eckersley in 1988's Game 1 that sparked LA's run to the title.

It's the Dodgers' eighth championship, and seventh since leaving Brooklyn for Los Angeles. It's their first in an unshortened season since 1988. They won a neutral-site World Series against Tampa Bay in 2020 after a 60-game regular season, and couldn't have a parade because of the coronavirus pandemic.