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Dodgers win back-to-back World Series’ in nail-biter 11-inning Game 7

Posted:November 2, 2025 | 5:12 PM
By:Bridget Laur

Updated: November 3, 2025 | 1:02 PM

In the end, the comeback team couldn’t bring it home.

After a hard-fought, 7 Game World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers have won back-to-back titles.

It was only the sixth time ever Game 7 of the World Series has gone to extra innings, giving fans a cinematic ending to a season that reminded everyone of the romance of baseball.

The Blue Jays’ Max Scherzer opened the game, he has become the only living pitcher to open two winner-takes-all games in the World Series.

Shohei Ohtani opened the pitching for the Dodgers, receiving complaints from the home dugout for taking too long to get ready.

A notable blunder by the Jays left the first inning scoreless.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was up to bat and George Springer was on first. The pitching count is full and the final pitch is thrown. Vladdy doesn’t swing, thinking he’s been thrown ball four he starts to make his way to first and Springer to second.

But it wasn’t ball four at all, Vladdy was out. The catcher throws the ball down to second and tags out a confused George Springer to end the inning.

It wasn’t until Bo Bichette came up to bat in the third inning that players started to pass home plate.

Springer is on third after getting a single and Vladdy on first after the Dodgers chose to walk him. Bichette steps up to the plate and sends everyone home making the score 3-0.

The top of the fourth inning was full of exciting catches for the Jays.

Former Blue Jay Teoscar Hernández sends a line-drive out to Daulton Varsho in centre-field and Varsho dives to get Hernández out but it’s not enough.

The runner on third, Will Smith, makes his way home to make the score 3-1.

In the fourth, the Dodgers switch Ohtani with Justin Wrobleski who throws a scoreless inning.

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Andrés Giménez comes up to bat and takes Wrobleski’s pitch to the hand. This seems to upset Giménez because he yells to Wrobleski who snips back and the benches are cleared.

Both teams crowd the field, players in the bullpen come running through the outfield. It looks like there’s going to be a full-out brawl.

But, the umpires break it up and everyone returns to their dugouts.

In the top of the sixth, Chris Bassit is pitching for the Blue Jays and walks Muncy Betts right away.

Tommy Edman comes to the plate fourth and sends Betts in to score, bringing the score to 3-2.

Bottom of the sixth, Glasnow comes in to replace Wrobleski.

Ernie Clement singles into left field. Andrés Giménez comes up right after him and doubles to right field.

Clement hustles around third and slides into home plate to make the score 4-2.

The seventh inning holds the score. The Jays bring out rookie pitcher Trey Yesavage.

Top of the eighth Max Muncy sends Yesavage’s pitch 373-feet into right field to decrease the Jays’ lead.

Going into the ninth, the Jays are winning, spirits are high, three more outs and the Jays would have it.

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But out comes Miguel Rojas to tie the game up with a three-run home run.

And we’re into extra innings for only the sixth time ever in World Series Game 7 history.

In the bottom of the tenth, the Dodgers brought out Yoshinobu Yamamoto who had just thrown 96 pitches in the Game 6.

Then, to the disappointment of Jays fans, Will Smith homered out to left field giving the Dodgers the game winning lead.

A lead that would give the Dodgers back-to-back World Series wins.

Yamamoto was named World Series MVP for his exceptional pitching performances.

This story previously said that the LA Dodgers were the second team to ever win back-to-back World Series titles. This has been confirmed to be false. Several teams, including the Toronto Blue Jays, have won back-to-back World Series titles.