Sport 7 of the 2025 World Sequence between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers lived as much as the hype in each means doable… after which some, needing additional innings to determine the winner between two evenly matched groups.
Will Smith blasted a two-out homer off Toronto’s Shane Bieber within the eleventh inning to present the Dodgers a 5-4 comeback win and safe the franchise’s second consecutive World Sequence title and third championship this decade.
Toronto was two outs away from profitable the Fall Basic when Miguel Rojas hit a solo homer to knot the sport at 4 within the ninth inning and ultimately ship it to additional innings. In all, Los Angeles hit three dwelling runs to energy them to the title.
The Blue Jays had an enormous homer of their very own earlier within the sport when Bo Bichette blasted a three-run homer off Shohei Ohtani within the third inning. Nevertheless, Toronto’s offense would not be capable of benefit from many alternatives exterior of that.
It was a World Sequence that had tense moments not solely due to the shut sport, but additionally due to a benches-clearing moment within the fourth inning after Dodger reliever Justin Wrobleski hit Andres Gimenez with a pitch. Phrases have been exchanged, bullpens have been emptied and play ultimately resumed after a short delay to revive order.
That was a second that reminded the world that the Blue Jays weren’t going to again down from the Dodgers, a group that cruised via the primary three rounds of the postseason earlier than what grew to become a World Sequence for the ages.
Nevertheless, Los Angeles confirmed in the long run that it was as soon as once more MLB’s finest group.
Shohei Ohtani was human for the Dodgers on the mound
Having final thrown 6.0 innings on Oct. 28, Ohtani took the mound on Saturday night time on quick relaxation and the three days in between begins confirmed.
Ohtani was something however crisp in his Sport 7 begin, laboring via 51 pitches and taking additional time between innings to prepare, drawing questions from Toronto manager John Schneider to the umpiring crew concerning the additional time.
Whereas Ohtani was capable of work his means out of hassle within the first two innings, it was the third the place he allowed a leadoff single to George Springer after which, after a wild pitch, issued a one-out intentional stroll to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to convey Bichette to the plate.
Bichette would finish Ohtani’s night time in a fast and momentum-swinging means.
