The Los Angeles Dodgers are 2025 World Series champions, beating the Toronto Blue Jays in seven games in one of the best World Series in recent memory.
The Dodgers won Game 7 by a score of 5-4, capping off an incredible series and season from both teams.
The Dodgers took their first lead of the game in the 11th inning on a Will Smith home run. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, pitching on zero days’ rest, got eight outs to lead LA to a World Series win.
The Dodgers are baseball’s first back-to-back World Series champions in 25 years.
World Series Game 7 Recap
Game 7 of the World Series was the best one yet, as both teams completely emptied the tank in the final game of the season.
Shohei Ohtani the hitter led things off with a single, and got all the way over to third before being stranded on a Mookie Betts groundout to end the inning.
Ohtani the pitcher then struck out two in the bottom of the first, with LA completing a double play as George Springer stopped running on his way to stealing second base.
Ohtani got into trouble in the bottom of the second inning, as the Blue Jays loaded the bases with two outs for Andres Gimenez. Ohtani got him to strikeout swinging on a 99 mph fastball to keep the game scoreless.
The Dodgers went quiet in the second and third innings, and Toronto got to Ohtani in the bottom of the third. Springer singled and advanced to second on a bunt. A wild pitch got him to third base, and the Dodgers chose to intentionally walk Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to bring up Bo Bichette.
Bichette made the Dodgers pay, crushing a three-run home run to knock Ohtani out of the game.
Justin Wrobleski relieved Ohtani and got out of the inning.
The Dodgers got one back in the top of the fourth inning, as they loaded the bases for Teoscar Hernandez, who hit a sacrifice fly. However, the Blue Jays played some incredible defense to limit the damage (including on Hernandez’s sacrifice fly that could have been a multi-run hit).
They were then fireworks in the bottom of the fourth, as Wrobleski hit Gimenez with a pitch, causing the benches and bullpens to clear. Warnings were issued to both teams, but no one was ejected.
The Dodgers stranded two on the bases in the fifth, and Tyler Glasnow, who got the final out of the fourth, pitched a scoreless fifth. The Dodgers then got another one back in the sixth on a Tommy Edman sacrifice fly with runners at the corners and one out. Miguel Rojas grounded out with two on and two out to end the inning.
The Blue Jays got a huge insurance run in the bottom of the sixth, as Ernie Clement led off with a single and stole second. Gimenez — who appeared to be in the middle of everything in this Game 7 — then hit an RBI double to make it 4-2.
After trading zeroes in the seventh, Max Muncy brought the deficit back to one after crushing a home run off Trey Yesavage. Jeff Hoffman got the final out of the eighth, bringing the Blue Jays three outs away from a World Series title.
Sheehan came back out for the eighth and allowed a leadoff double to Clement, giving him the most hits in a postseason in MLB history.
Blake Snell then relieved Sheehan and retired the Blue Jays in order to send this game to the ninth.
Hoffman came back out for the ninth, three outs away from giving the Blue Jays a win. However, in one of the most improbable moments in World Series history, Miguel Rojas hit a game-tying solo home run.
Snell came back out for the ninth, allowing two to reach before being relieved by Yoshinobu Yamamoto on zero days’ rest.
Yamamoto hit Alejandro Kirk by a pitch, loading the bases with one out. He then generated a ground ball to Rojas, who made an incredible play to throw it home and get the out.
Yamamoto then allowed a deep fly ball to right-center field, and Andy Pages — who was inserted into the game for defensive purposes — collided with Kiké Hernandez while making the catch to send the game to extra innings.
Betts drew a one-out walk, Muncy singled and Teoscar Hernandez walked to load the bases. Pages grounded out into a force out, and Kiké Hernandez grounded out to end the inning and send it to the bottom of the 10th.
The Dodgers took their first lead of the Game 7 on a Will Smith home run in the top of the 11th. Yamamoto closed it out in one of the gutsiest pitching performances in World Series history.
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I am one of the most fidgety people ordinarily unable to sit and watch 9 innings. I watched every inning of this series. Didn’t get to sleep til 3am weds night. Tonight’s game was one for the ages!!!
Very, very fortunate to have won this World Series. Toronto could have (but obviously didn’t) won or at least tied up game 6 in both the 8th and 9th innings and they had unbelievable chances in the 8th, 9th, and 11th innings in game 7. Wow! They actually dominated LA for much of this series with timely hits, power, chaos on the bases, runs scored, and defensive play.
LAD had to overcome what was an egregious decision to bring an obviously struggling and exhausted Ohtani out to start the third (just like the questionable decision to bring him out for the 7th in game 4) when everyone could see he didn’t “have it” in the 2nd inning. Offset by brilliant decisions to start Rojas in games 6 and 7m and putting Pages in center field late in game 7. That catch was improbable (we’ll never know if Kike would have caught it, but it would have been exceedingly difficult). Still stunned and so happy our boys pulled it out.
Save for that amazing, unlikely, and absolutely improbable comeback, that 3rd inning Ohtani decision would have been added to a lengthy list of questionable playoff decisions.
Hats off to Toronto players and manager. An amazing run and such a well-managed team.
What a World Series!!! I really feel that Will Smith doesnt get enough recognition for how hard he plays and his batting!!! He is the best player on the team and works the hardest. Good job Will Smith!!! Your my boy!!!