{"id":270345,"date":"2025-11-04T06:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/270345\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T06:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T06:07:11","slug":"smiths-homer-in-11th-lifts-dodgers-over-blue-jays-5-4-to-become-first-repeat-champion-in-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/270345\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith’s homer in 11th lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays 5-4 to become first repeat champion in 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ESPN<\/p>\n

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 6:03AM<\/p>\n

TORONTO — – Will Smith<\/a> homered in the 11th inning after Miguel Rojas<\/a> connected for a tying drive in the ninth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> beat the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> 5-4 in Game 7 Saturday night to become the first team in a quarter century to win consecutive World Series titles.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles overcame 3-0 and 4-2 deficits and escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to become the first repeat champion since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees<\/a>, and the first from the National League since the 1975 and ’76 Cincinnati Reds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Smith hit a 2-0 slider off Shane Bieber<\/a> into the Blue Jays’ bullpen, giving the Dodgers their first lead of the night.<\/p>\n

Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a>, who threw 96 pitches in the Dodgers win on Friday, escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and pitched 2 2\/3 innings for his third win on the Series.br\/]<\/p>\n

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