Los Angeles wins the National League Championship Series 4-2 over New York to send Japan’s two-time MVP to the Fall Classic vs the Yankees. Game 1 is on Friday (25 October) at Dodger Stadium.

Shohei Ohtani has reached baseball‘s Fall Classic for the first time in his seven-year career after the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets 10-5 in Game 6 to win the National League Championship Series 4-2 on Sunday (20 October).

“It’s the place I’ve been wanting to play for a long time,” said Ohtani, who was doused with champagne in the clubhouse at Dodger Stadium, where his team will face the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday.