Los Angeles Dodgers come from behind to win Game 7 traditional as Ohtani and Yamamoto contribute

The Los Angeles Dodgers, all the way down to their remaining two outs within the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 2025 Major League Baseball World Series, produced a shocking turnaround off the backs of Miguel Rojas, Will Smith, and Yamamoto Yoshinobu to win the franchise’s ninth Fall Classic title in an epic 5–4 11-inning win on Saturday (1 November) night time.

Facing the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto trying to change into the primary staff in 25 years to win back-to-back World Series titles, the Dodgers fell behind early. Starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani gave up a third-inning three-run house run as beneath the closed roof of the Rogers Centre, a raucous Toronto crowd hollered and cheered each Blue Jays at-bat with the house staff hoping to finish a three-decade title drought.

Pitching on brief relaxation — it was simply three days since he began Game 4 of the collection, as a substitute of the standard 4 days’ relaxation for MLB beginning pitchers and the 5 days he’s typically afforded —, Ohtani didn’t have his normal management on the mound however pitched two scoreless innings earlier than surprisingly returning for the third.

It was there he fell aside, giving up a three-run house run to Bo Bichette earlier than being pulled off the mound. His remaining line was three earned runs in 2 1/3 innings of labor, with 5 hits and two walks allowed (three strikeouts). Ohtani’s efficiency on the plate was higher, as he went 2-for-5 with two singles and likewise walked as soon as.

Opposing Ohtani, the Blue Jays’ starter was Max Scherzer, a two-time World Series champion with rings from 2019 and 2023 and himself a former Dodger, having spent half a season in LA in 2021. Thanks to some stellar fielding, Scherzer, in doubtlessly his remaining postseason sport, completed with a pitching line of 4 1/3 innings, 4 hits, one stroll, and three strikeouts.

The Jays stored their noses forward all through regulation play because the Dodgers tried to eke their approach again into the sport. But with one out within the ninth inning, Rojas slammed a game-tying homer. Smith then hit the go-ahead (and in the end game-winning) house run within the eleventh, whereas Yamamoto — who had pitched yesterday — closed out the sport.

The sport capped a traditional World Series, the primary to go the complete seven-game distance for the reason that Washington Nationals beat the Houston Astros in 2019. Unsurprisingly, Yamamoto was named the World Series Most Valuable Player, having pitched in three separate video games and holding the Jays to 2 runs in 17 2/3 innings of labor.

The Dodgers’ back-to-back championships mark the primary time a staff has efficiently defended the World Series for the reason that New York Yankees received three straight from 1998–2000. It is the staff’s ninth title in franchise historical past.