Dodgers win World Series against Blue Jays, repeat as champions

Will Smith’s 11th-inning homer allows LA Dodgers to triumph Game 7 against Toronto Blue Jays and grounds seventh World Series rubric successful franchise history.

Will Smith homered successful the 11th inning aft Miguel Rojas connected for a tying thrust successful the ninth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers bushed the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 successful Game 7 connected Saturday nighttime to go the archetypal squad successful a 4th period to triumph consecutive Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series titles.

Los Angeles overcame 3-0 and 4-2 deficits and escaped a bases-loaded jam successful the ninth to go the archetypal repetition champion since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees, and the archetypal from the National League since the 1975 and ’76 Cincinnati Reds.

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Smith deed a 2-0 slider disconnected Shane Bieber into the Blue Jays’ bullpen, giving the Dodgers their archetypal pb of the night.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who threw 96 pitches successful the Dodgers’ triumph connected Friday, escaped a bases-loaded jam successful the ninth and pitched 2 2/3 innings for his 3rd triumph of the Series.

He gave up a leadoff treble successful the 11th to Vladimir Guerrero Jr, who was sacrificed to third. Addison Barger walked, and Alejandro Kirk grounded to shortstop Mookie Betts, who started a title-winning 6-4-3 treble play.

Smith connects for the match-winning location tally successful the 11th inning [Ashley Landis/AP]

Dodgers rally to triumph Game 7

With their ninth rubric and 3rd successful six years, the Dodgers made an statement for their 2020s teams to beryllium considered a dynasty. Dave Roberts, their manager since 2016, boosted the probability that helium volition summation induction to the Hall of Fame.

Bo Bichette enactment Toronto up successful the 3rd with a three-run homer disconnected two-way prima Shohei Ohtani, who was pitching connected 3 days’ remainder aft taking the nonaccomplishment successful Game 3.

Los Angeles closed to 3-2 connected sacrifice flies from Teoscar Hernandez successful the 4th disconnected Max Scherzer and Tommy Edman successful the sixth against Chris Bassitt.

Andres Gimenez restored Toronto’s two-run pb with an RBI treble successful the sixth disconnected Tyler Glasnow, who relieved aft getting the last 3 outs connected 3 pitches to prevention Game 6 connected Friday.

Max Muncy’s eighth-inning homer disconnected prima rookie Trey Yesavage chopped the Dodgers’ shortage to 1 run, and Rojas, inserted into the lineup successful Game 6 to supply immoderate energy, homered connected a full-count slider from Jeff Hoffman.

Toronto enactment 2 connected with 1 retired successful the bottommost fractional against Blake Snell, and Los Angeles turned to Yamamoto.

He deed Alejandro Kirk connected a manus with a pitch, loading the bases and prompting the Dodgers to play the infield successful and the outfield shallow. Daulton Varsho grounded to second, wherever Rojas stumbled but managed to propulsion location for a force-out arsenic catcher Smith kept his ft connected the plate.

Ernie Clement past flied retired to Andy Pages, who made a jumping, backhand drawback connected the centre-field informing way arsenic helium crashed into near fielder Kike Hernandez.

Seranthony Dominguez walked Mookie Betts with 1 retired successful the 10th, and Muncy singled for his 3rd hit. Hernandez walked, loading the bases. Pages grounded to shortstop, wherever Gimenez threw location for a force-out. First baseman Guerrero past threw to pitcher Seranthony Dominguez covering first, conscionable beating Hernandez successful a telephone upheld successful a video review.

The epic nighttime matched the Marlins’ 3-2 triumph implicit Cleveland successful 1997 arsenic the second-longest Series Game 7, down lone the Washington Senators’ 4-3 triumph against the New York Giants successful 1924.

Dodgers players observe their triumph successful Game 7 of baseball’s World Series against the Blue Jays [Ashley Landis/AP]