Dodgers Defeat Blue Jays 5-4 in 11 Innings to Win 2025 World Series Game 7, Repeat as Champions
The Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions for the second straight year, edging the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in an 11-inning Game 7 classic at Rogers Centre. Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned MVP honors with three wins, including 2⅔ scoreless innings to close the finale. For the first time since the 2000 Yankees, a team has repeated. Toronto struck first. In the third, Bo Bichette—playing through a knee injury—launched a three-run homer off Shohei Ohtani, giving the Jays a 3-0 lead. The roof shook. Tensions flared in the fourth when Justin Wrobleski hit Andrés Giménez, clearing benches but producing no ejections. Los Angeles chipped away. Max Muncy’s eighth-inning solo shot made it 4-1 after Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s RBI double. In the ninth, with two outs and Toronto one strike away, Miguel Rojas tied it with a dramatic homer off closer Trevor Hoffman. Extra innings delivered the dagger. Will Smith crushed a two-run shot in the eleventh off Shane Bieber for a 5-4 lead. Yamamoto returned on zero days’ rest, striking out Bichette and inducing a game-ending groundout. Champagne flowed in the visitors’ clubhouse. The Dodgers’ dynasty is official. For Toronto, a valiant effort ends in heartbreak—but the core remains hungry. Baseball, at its finest.1.3sFast