Dodgers Beat Blue Jays 5-4 in 11 Innings in Game 7 to Become First Repeat World Series Champion in 25 Years
On the night of November 1, 2025, at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in 11 innings in Game 7 of the World Series to win the series four games to three and repeat as champions. The Dodgers became the first team to win back-to-back World Series titles since the New York Yankees won three straight from 1998 to 2000, and the first National League club to repeat since the Cincinnati Reds of 1975-76.
The Blue Jays struck first on Bo Bichette's three-run home run off Shohei Ohtani in the third inning and later led 4-2. Max Muncy's solo homer in the eighth cut the Dodgers' deficit to 4-3, and Los Angeles still trailed by one run entering the final two innings.
In the ninth, two outs away from losing the title, Miguel Rojas hit a game-tying solo home run off closer Jeff Hoffman with one out. According to Stats Perform, it was the first game-tying home run in the ninth inning or later in a World Series Game 7. In the bottom of the ninth, the Blue Jays loaded the bases against Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who had thrown 96 pitches to win Game 6 a day earlier and now entered in relief; after a hit batter filled the bases, Rojas threw home for a forceout that survived a video review, and center fielder Andy Pages held on to a deep fly ball at the left-center warning track despite colliding with left fielder Kiké Hernández, escaping the walk-off threat.
In the 11th, Will Smith hit a go-ahead solo home run off Shane Bieber, the first extra-inning home run in a World Series Game 7, giving the Dodgers their first lead of the night. In the bottom half, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. doubled and reached third and Toronto put the potential tying and winning runs on base, but Yamamoto induced a game-ending double play from Alejandro Kirk. Attendance was 44,713.
Yamamoto finished the Series with three wins and a 1.02 ERA and was named World Series MVP: he threw a complete game to win Game 2, pitched six innings to win Game 6, and closed Game 7 with 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief, becoming the first pitcher to win three games in one World Series since Randy Johnson in 2001. It is the ninth World Series title in Dodgers history.
Related: Dodgers Beat Blue Jays 3-1 to Force Game 7
Source: Major League Baseball
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Photo: 图：山本由伸2025年3月15日在东京巨蛋举行的MLB东京系列赛热身赛中为道奇队登板（资料照片）。ウィ貴公子摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitches for the Dodgers at an MLB Tokyo Series preseason game at the Tokyo Dome on March 15, 2025 (file photo). By ウィ貴公子, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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