TORONTO—Will Smith homered in the 11th inning after Miguel Rojas connected for a tying drive in the ninth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 Saturday night to become the first team in a quarter century to win consecutive World Series titles.
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, and the first from the National League since the 1975 and ’76 Cincinnati Reds.
Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers raises the Commissioner’s Trophy after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7 of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Centre in Toronto, in the early hours of Nov. 2, 2025. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Will Smith celebrates a home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the 11th inning in Game 7 of MLB’s World Series, in Toronto in the early hours of Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Smith hit a 2-0 slider off Shane Bieber into the Blue Jays’ bullpen, giving the Dodgers their first lead of the night….