2025 World Series Game 7: (NL No. 3) Los Angeles Dodgers def. (AL No. 1) Toronto Blue Jays 5-4
The Los Angeles Dodgers are champions once again. In a dramatic extra-innings finish at Rogers Centre, the Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 5–4, in Game 7 of the 2025 World Series to become the first team in 25 years — since the 2000 New York Yankees — to repeat as World Series champions. The finale delivered everything expected of a winner-take-all matchup. Toronto scored first when Bo Bichette launched a three-run home run off Shohei Ohtani in the third inning. The Dodgers slowly chipped away, scoring on sacrifice flies in the fourth and sixth innings, but Andrés Giménez’s RBI double extended Toronto’s lead before Max Muncy’s solo homer in the eighth brought Los Angeles within one. From that point forward, the tension only grew.
Down a run in the ninth, with two outs remaining in their pursuit of back-to-back titles, Miguel Rojas — who had struggled throughout the postseason and had just one career postseason extra-base hit before the night — delivered the swing that changed the trajectory of the series. Rojas battled Jeff Hoffman to a full count and then sent a game-tying homer into the left-field bullpen, stunning the Toronto crowd. His impact continued in the bottom half, when the Blue Jays loaded the bases with one out. On a hard grounder to the right side, Rojas dropped back and made an off-balance throw home to cut down the potential winning run. One batter later, Ernie Clement drove a deep shot into the left-center gap, but Andy Pages — inserted moments earlier for his defensive value — made a leaping catch while colliding with Kiké Hernández to preserve the tie and send the game to extra innings.
In the 11th inning, Dodgers catcher Will Smith delivered the decisive blow, sending a hanging slider from Shane Bieber over the fence for a go-ahead solo home run. The Blue Jays had one last threat in the bottom half, putting runners on first and third with one out, but Mookie Betts fielded a ground ball, stepped on second, and fired to Freddie Freeman at first to complete a World Series-clinching double play.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named World Series MVP after completing one of the most remarkable pitching performances in the modern postseason era. Yamamoto threw a complete game in Game 2, allowed just one run over six innings in Game 6, and then, on zero days’ rest, recorded the final 2⅔ innings of Game 7 to close out the game. He became just the fourth pitcher ever to win both Games 6 and 7 in the same World Series, finishing the Fall Classic 3–0 with a 1.02 ERA.
For the Dodgers, this championship cements the franchise as a modern powerhouse. For Toronto, it was a thrilling run that came within two outs of ending a 32-year title drought.
