Will Smith ripped a dramatic home run in the top of the 11th inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-4 win over the host Toronto Blue Jays in Game 7 of the 2025 World Series at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
It was a heartbreaking loss for the Jays, who held a 3-0 lead early and at one point were two outs from a world championship and also had several other chances to win it in extra innings.
Yoshinobu Yamamato (the starting pitcher the night before in a Game 6 L.A. win) earned the victory on the mound in relief and was named World Series MVP. Shohei Ohtani started for the Dodgers, lasting 2 1/3 innings and giving up three runs on five hits. Ohtani also had two hits at the plate. Miguel Rojas hit a game-tying homer in the ninth, and Max Muncy also homered and Teoscar Hernandez and Tommy Edman drove in runs for L.A., who earned their second title in a row.
Starting pitcher Max Scherzer went 4 1/3 innings for the Jays, giving up four hits and a single earned run, striking out three. Ernie Clement and George Springer had three hits for the Jays, with Addison Barger and Alejandro Kirk rapping two apiece.
The scoring opened in the bottom of the third, when Springer singled and was bunted to second by Nathan Lukes. Springer advanced to third on a wild pitch from Ohtani. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was intentionally walked and Bichette ripped a 442-foot blast to centre field to give the Jays a 3-0 lead.
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The Dodgers answered in the top of the fourth. Smith doubled and the Dodgers loaded the bases with one out. Teoscar Hernandez lined a shot to centre field, but Daulton Varso made a diving catch. Smith tagged and scored on the play. Then with two out and Scherzer still on the mound, Guerrero made a diving catch off a Tommy Edman liner to get the Jays out of the inning with a 3-1 lead.
L.A. pulled within 3-2 in their half of the sixth. With Chris Bassitt on the hill for the Jays, Edman hit a sacrifice fly to centre, plating Mookie Betts.
In bottom of the sixth, the Jays added another run. Clement singled to left off Tyler Glasnow and stole second. He scored on a double from Andres Gimenez.
Toronto brought on rookie sensation Trey Yesavage (the winning pitcher in Game 5) to face the top of the Dodgers order in the seventh. Ohtani walked but was stranded as the Jays turned an inning-ended double play.
With Yesavage still pitching in the eighth, Muncy hit a towering homer to right field to pull L.A. within one at 4-3. With two out, Yesavage was pulled in favour of closer Jeff Hoffman, who got Edman to ground out to end the inning.
In the top of the ninth with one out and the Jays two outs from a World Series title, No. 9 hitter Rojas silenced a stunned home crowd when he homered off Hoffman on a 3-2 count to tie the game at 3-3.
In the bottom of the ninth, Guerrero opened with a warning-track fly out to centre off Snell. Bichette singled and was replaced by pinch runner Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Barger walked and Snell was pulled in favour of Yamamoto, who threw 96 pages Friday. He hit Kirk on the right wrist to load the bases and bring up Varsho, who grounded to second but Rojas threw home to force out Kiner-Falefa. The Blue Jays challenged the out call, but it was upheld on replay.
Clement then launched a deep fly ball to centre, which was caught by Andy Pages, who hung on despite crashing into fellow outfielder Enrique Hernandez.
Seranthony Dominguez came in to pitch for the Jays in the 10th. With one out, he walked Mookie Betts, bringing up Muncy, who singled up the middle. Teoscar Hernandez then walked to load the bases and Pages grounded to Gimenez, who forced Betts at the plate. Dominguez worked out of the jam, getting Enrique Hernandez to ground out.
Yamamoto returned to the hill for the bottom of the 10th and retired the side in order.
Game 4 starter Shane Bieber came on for the Jays in the top of the 11th. He retired Rojas and Ohtani before Smith homered over the left field wall to put the Dodgers up 5-4, again silencing the massive crowd.
In the bottom of the inning, with Yamamoto still pitching, Guerrero opened with a leadoff double. He was sacrificed to third by Kiner-Falefa. Barger then walked, bringing up Kirk, who grounded into a series-ending double play.
NOTES: Clement set an MLB record with 30 hits in single post-season… He also set a franchise record with his 13-game post-season hitting streak… Toronto’s Louis Varland, who relieved Scherzer in the fifth, set a record for most appearances in a single post-season with 15… It was just the sixth time in World Series history a Game 7 went into extra innings.