By Mitch Bannon, Fabian Ardaya and Tyler Kepner<\/p>\n
For the first time in 25 years, baseball will have a repeat champions, as the Los Angeles Dodgers \u2014 on two of the most memorable home runs in World Series history \u2014 came back to beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-4, in 11 innings in Game 7.<\/p>\n
It was a game that included everything. Balls that soared over the wall and changed everything, a win for Yoshinobu Yamamoto one day after he threw 96 pitches and won Game 6, mind-blowing defensive plays. Both benches even cleared at one point. The result was familiar, though: a Dodgers triumph.<\/p>\n
Miguel Rojas enters World Series lore<\/p>\n
After Game 5 at Dodger Stadium, Rojas was among the last Dodgers to linger on the field. It had been a circuitous 12 years for him, from signing with the Dodgers as a minor-league free agent after being let go by the Cincinnati Reds, to debuting as a utility player and hero in Clayton Kershaw\u2019s 2014 no-hitter, to being dealt away to Miami in one of Andrew Friedman\u2019s first moves running Dodgers baseball operations.<\/p>\n
He returned in 2023, was the emergency everyday shortstop that season and has been a valued veteran in a star-laden clubhouse. His start in Game 6 of this series was his first in 25 days. He will be a free agent at year\u2019s end for the first time ahead of what he\u2019s already said will be his final season. In Game 7, it was his swing in the ninth inning off Jeff Hoffman that kept the Dodgers alive, and his slick defensive play with the bases loaded and one out, firing home just in time to once again come through at the biggest moment.<\/p>\n
MIGUEL ROJAS WITH THE BIGGEST SWING OF HIS LIFE \ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n
GAME 7 IS TIED IN TORONTO pic.twitter.com\/tDwUGzBrVq<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 MLB (@MLB) November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Bo Bichette has his signature Blue Jays moment<\/p>\n Bichette watched. Held out due to his busted knee, Bichette watched Vladimir Guerrero Jr. pound the Yankees in the ALDS. He watched George Springer\u2019s series-winning blast in the ALCS. He was relegated to spectator for almost the entire Blue Jays postseason push, as his teammates authored October moments.<\/p>\n In the third inning, Bichette watched once more. He stood in the box, letting the bat knob slip out of his hand as he stared at the scorched ball sail 442 feet through the air. His moment arrived in the biggest game of his life and the most significant contest of the Blue Jays\u2019 season. He sent fans into raucous pandemonium before starting his jog, on one healthy knee, around the bases.<\/p>\n Bichette is a pending free agent. He\u2019s talked about wanting to stay in Toronto for the rest of his life. But, before Game 6, the infielder admitted that at times this year, he\u2019d thought about this potentially being the end of his Toronto tenure. If Game 7 ends up being Bichette\u2019s last with the Jays, he ended with the biggest of bangs. But it wasn\u2019t enough. Removed for a pinch runner late, he ended the game like his October started: watching. \u2014 Bannon<\/p>\n Shohei Ohtani\u2019s command did him in<\/p>\n Red warning signs could have gone off in the first inning for Shohei Ohtani, who touched 99 mph in the frame but struggled to locate any of his secondary offerings. The adrenaline clearly got his velocity up while pitching on short rest for the first time since a second elbow ligament reconstruction, but fatigue has a greater effect on command. He was able to locate just three of his nine non-fastballs in the strike zone in his first inning of work, dealing with traffic after a George Springer leadoff single.<\/p>\n He had to work through a bases-loaded jam in the second inning that required him simply reaching back and blowing a fastball past Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez.<\/p>\n Ohtani returned to face the Blue Jays\u2019 lineup a second time anyway. He lasted four batters, which included spiking a splitter for a wild pitch. The final blow: a hanging slider that Bichette pummeled out to center. \u2014 Ardaya<\/p>\n Defense wins championships<\/p>\n Vladimir Guerrero Jr. bounced to his feet, throwing both fists together as he roared. The first baseman kept screaming as he ran to Toronto\u2019s dugout, a chain flailing around his neck. Guerrero ended the top of the fourth inning with a diving catch into foul territory, repeating Daulton Varsho\u2019s defensive brilliance from moments before.<\/p>\n With the Dodgers loading the bases, Varsho sprinted in on a sinking line drive. Had the ball snuck under Varsho\u2019s glove on his diving attempt, it could\u2019ve cleared the bases and erased Toronto\u2019s lead. Instead, the Gold Glove outfielder picked it off the turf to snatch an out. For a team that built a core on fielding excellence, Toronto\u2019s gloves arrived on the biggest stage. With two stolen outs in the fourth inning alone, the Jays escaped a jam holding a 3-1 lead. But, ultimately, the Jays couldn\u2019t catch balls over the wall.<\/p>\n The Dodgers\u2019 gloves \u2014 along with their late-game power surge \u2014 helped give them the final edge. Rojas\u2019 play in the ninth was fantastic, but then Andy Pages one-upped him with a leaping catch on Ernie Clement\u2019s long drive to left-center while colliding with Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez. \u2014 Bannon<\/p>\n OH MY GOODNESS WE ARE GOING TO EXTRAS pic.twitter.com\/r3I9Swj4gg<\/a><\/p>\n