Dodgers Stage Late Comeback to Claim World Series Title

The Los Angeles Dodgers became Major League Baseball’s first back-to-back champions in 25 years, defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 5–4 in extra innings of Game 7 on Sunday morning.

Trailing by two outs in the ninth, the Dodgers forced extra innings when Miguel Rojas hit a game-tying home run. In the 11th, Will Smith sealed the victory with a solo homer off Shane Bieber, securing Los Angeles its third World Series crown in six years.

“I was pumped up,” Smith said. “I knew we just needed one run there — to come through in that moment means everything. You dream of moments like this. Extra innings, helping your team win — I’ll remember this forever.”

Yamamoto Named MVP
The Blue Jays, seeking their first World Series title in 32 years, had runners on first and third with one out in the bottom of the 11th but saw their hopes end when Alejandro Kirk grounded into a double play.

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who threw a complete game in Game 2, allowed just one run over six innings in Game 6 and added 2⅔ scoreless innings in the decider, earning World Series MVP honors.

After falling behind 3–2 in the series and facing elimination for the first time this postseason, the Dodgers won two straight road games to clinch their third championship since 2019.

The result spoiled celebrations across Canada, where fans had been eager to see the country’s lone MLB team end its decades-long title drought.

Toronto second baseman Bo Bichette put the Jays ahead in the third inning with a three-run shot off Shohei Ohtani, before Los Angeles answered in the fourth with Teoscar Hernández’s sacrifice fly.

Benches Clear After Hit-by-Pitch
Tensions flared in the bottom of the frame when Toronto shortstop Andrés Giménez was hit on the hand by a Justin Wrobleski fastball after nearly being struck twice earlier. Words were exchanged, and both benches cleared before umpires restored order and issued warnings.

Los Angeles took a brief lead in the sixth on Tommy Edman’s sacrifice fly that scored Mookie Betts, but the Jays reclaimed a two-run advantage in the bottom half when Giménez doubled home Ernie Clement.

In the eighth, Max Muncy’s solo homer off Treyesavage cut the deficit to 4–3 before Rojas’s ninth-inning blast tied it, silencing the Toronto crowd.

The Blue Jays loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t capitalize — the Dodgers nailed Isiah Kiner-Falefa at home before Clement flied out to center.

“We were very lucky to win this,” Dodgers owner Mark Walter said after the game.