The Boston Red Sox completed a stunning comeback to win the seven-game American League Championship Series 4-3 with a 10-3 victory over New York Yankees last night.
Johnny Damon smashed two home runs as the Red Sox finally broke the Yankees' post-season hold over their fiercest rivals to claim a place in the World Series.
The Sox are the first team in major league baseball to overturn a three-game deficit to win a best-of-seven series.
The Red Sox, who have not won the World Series since 1918, will now play Houston Astros or St Louis Cardinals in this season's showpiece, which begins on Saturday.
The Astros and Cardinals are tied at 3-3 with one game to play in the National League Championship Series after St Louis' 6-4 win last night.
Police in riot gear had to disperse fans after violence broke out following the game.
Thousands of fans converged on Fenway Park to celebrate the victory. Most fans left the stadium peacefully but a few dozen turned violent, jumping on cars, lighting fires, fighting and vandalizing signs and storefronts.
Police made about half a dozen arrests and about the same number of people were injured.