In the World Series, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts reveals what he was most afraid of.

In Game 5 of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers overcame a five-run deficit to prevent a return trip to Los Angeles, bringing great relief to Dave Roberts.

If the New York Yankees had caught the ball cleanly in Game 5, they would have had a 3-2 lead in the series and there would have been a Game 6 at Dodger Stadium.

The worst defensive inning in baseball history was had by the Yankees.

The Dodgers manager stated that the pressure was on the team once the Yankees took a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth.

When you're down 3-0, you're at the point where you have nothing to lose now. Everyone is expecting you to lose anyway, so that's freeing. They played free and won Game 4.

"I was terrified to return to Los Angeles for Game 6. If we did, the crowd's noise and pressure would become tangible. This meant we could be remembered as part of history in a negative way."

No team had ever forced a Game 6 in the World Series after trailing 3-0; 21 of those instances wound up in sweeps, while only three others went to a fifth game. However, Roberts' stolen base turned out to be the catalyst in the 2004 Boston Red Sox' 3-0 comeback against the Yankees in that year's American League Championship Series.

Despite Anthony Volpe's magic in Game 4, the Yankees' errors in the fifth inning were not enough to win the game. Aaron Judge dropped a routine fly ball in center field, Anthony Volpe misfired on a throw to third baseman Jazz Chisholm, and Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rizzo did not communicate who was going to cover the first base bag on a simple ground ball.

Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez each scored two runs, tying the game.

The Dodgers won their eighth World Series championship.

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