With the 2025 MLB season coming to an end, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays made up one of the best World Series in history.
In Game 1 of the World Series, the Blue Jays took control. Retired Blue Jays pitcher and current teacher Brian Bowles said, “If the Blue Jays can steal Game One or Two, all of a sudden more pressure is put on the Dodgers because of the expectations to win.”
His words proved true, as the Blue Jays went on to win with an 11-4 victory.
In Game 2 of the World Series starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominated.
The pitcher had a complete game with only one earned run and eight strikeouts. While Yamamoto controlled the Blue Jays offense, the Dodgers offense started scoring.
Catcher Will Smith was 2 for 4 with an RBI single and a solo home run. Smith also had an RBI forceout, that along with Max Muncy’s home run lead the Dodgers to win the game 5-1.
In Game 3 the Dodgers and Blue Jays went all the way to 18 innings. This was the longest game in the 2025 MLB season and tied for the longest in World Series history.
The game was tied in the seventh inning by Shohei Ohtani with a home run to tie the score at 5-5. Both teams used up almost all of their 26-man roster, bringing in relievers constantly.
After veteran pitcher Clayton Kershaw closed out the 14th inning, Dodgers rookie Will Klein came in. Klein dominated with 5 strikeouts and no earned runs as he finished the 18-inning game.
The score stayed the same until the bottom 18th inning when Freddie Freeman saved the game with a walk-off home run.
With the Dodgers’ offense shakier than usual this series, the long break between the NLCS and World Series may have been a key factor.
Former Yankees and current Angels catching coach Jason Brown explained, “Offensively, a long break can be a disadvantage if hitters go too long without game at-bats.” This was shown in Game 5, when the Dodgers managed only three hits—their fewest of the postseason.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto started Game 6 strong, pitching six innings with one earned run and six strikeouts.
Will Smith’s RBI double and Mookie Betts’ RBI single in the top of the third gave the Dodgers a 3–0 lead.
In a tense ninth inning, Addison Barger hit a ball that lodged in the fence for a ground-rule double, but the game ended soon after on a shocking double play by Kiké Hernández and Miguel Rojas.
With the Dodgers forcing a Game 7 of the World Series, it was all or nothing for both teams. Shohei Ohtani struggled early, giving up a three-run homer to Bo Bichette that put the Blue Jays ahead 3–0.
The Dodgers battled back as Teoscar Hernández’s sacrifice bunt and Tommy Edman’s sacrifice fly cut the lead to 3–2.
In the top of the eighth, Max Muncy crushed a solo home run to make the gap 4-3.
Both teams’ pitchers were looking promising, and it seemed the score would hold until No. 9 hitter Miguel Rojas launched a game-tying home run in the ninth.
On just 24 hours’ rest after starting Game 6, Yoshinobu Yamamoto entered and escaped a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth, keeping the Dodgers alive.
In the 11th inning, catcher Will Smith delivered a go-ahead solo home run to make it 5–4, and the Dodgers sealed their back-to-back World Series title with a game-ending double play from Mookie Betts.