Of all of the Dodgers’ best moments in 2025, it’s hard to choose anything other than their electric Game 7 win in the World Series as our favorite highlight.
The Dodgers battled back from an early 3-0 deficit in Game 7 to claim their third World Series in six seasons, as well as their second championship in a row.
LA came into Game 7 riding a high from a thrilling Game 6 win, but they immediately came back down to Earth in the bottom of the third inning. Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette gave the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead with a 442-foot blast to center field, sending the Rogers Centre into a frenzy.
The Dodgers got out of the third inning without any further damage, and began slowly clawing their way back in the fourth. Teoscar Hernandez drove in Will Smith with a sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth inning, cutting the Blue Jays’ lead to two runs.
Tempers flared in the bottom of the fourth inning, when Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski hit Blue Jays second baseman Andres Gimenez — who appeared to throw his arm at the pitch prior — with a pitch. After being hit, Gimenez outstretched his arms towards the mound, and Wrobleski began walking towards the batter.
The benches cleared and the umpires avoided tossing anyone, but both teams received warnings for the remainder of the game.
The Dodgers scored next in the top of the sixth innings, with Tommy Edman scoring Mookie Betts sacrifice fly of his own to cut the Jays’ lead to one.
The Blue Jays didn’t just sit back and watch, though, as Gimenez took his revenge with a one-run double to right field, scoring Ernie Clement.
Toronto kept their 4-2 lead into the eighth inning, but couldn’t quite hold on to the advantage. Third baseman Max Muncy sent a ball over the fence in right field to cut the deficit to one, setting up one of the most iconic moments in postseason history.
Down a run, Dodgers veteran infielder Miguel Rojas stepped to the plate in the top of the ninth inning with one out. Rojas hadn’t recorded a hit since the Dodgers’ Wild Card series against the Cincinnati Reds, but came through in the biggest way in Game 7.
Rojas shot a full-count slider over the wall in left field, leveling the game at four and forcing extra innings in Toronto. The veteran became the first player to hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning of a Game 7 in World Series history.
With the game tied and two outs to go in the ninth inning, the Dodgers called on Yoshinobu Yamamoto out of the bullpen. Yamamoto had thrown six innings in Game 6 the previous night, as well as all nine innings in Game of the series. With the season on the line, Yamamoto delivered scoreless ninth and tenth innings to give the Dodgers their shot at the World Series.
Smith stepped up for his sixth at-bat of the night in the top of the 11th inning, and produced another magical moment for the Dodgers. The catcher hit his second homer of the postseason to a spot nearly identical to Rojas’, giving the Dodgers a 5-4 lead heading into the bottom of the 11th inning.
Yamamoto and the Dodgers dispatched the Blue Jays in the bottom of the 11th, ending the game with a double play to secure their second consecutive World Series championship.
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