Toronto led most of the deciding game. Miguel Rojas tied it in the ninth, Will Smith won it in the eleventh, and the Dodgers became the first repeat champions since 2000. There is no fixture between them in 2026.
Published: Saturday, 1 August 2026 | BrandClickX News Desk
Note: The Dodgers and Blue Jays are not scheduled to play each other in the current stretch of the 2026 season. They are in different leagues, so a rematch would require the World Series. This is a results and context piece.
Summary
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in 11 innings on 1 November 2025 to win Game 7 of the World Series, taking the series 4-3. Miguel Rojas homered in the ninth to force extras and Will Smith won it in the eleventh. It made Los Angeles the first back-to-back champions since the Yankees in 2000. Nearly 26 million people watched.
Key Takeaways
- The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-4 in 11 innings in Game 7 on 1 November 2025
- Los Angeles won the series 4-3 after trailing three games to two
- Miguel Rojas tied it in the ninth; Will Smith won it in the eleventh
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto was World Series MVP with three wins in the series
- It was the first repeat championship since the Yankees in 2000
- Game 3 lasted 18 innings; Game 7 lasted 11
- Toronto out-hit Los Angeles 14-11 in Game 7 but stranded 14 runners
- Nearly 26 million watched, peaking above 31 million
- No Dodgers–Blue Jays fixture is scheduled in this stretch of 2026
Is There a Dodgers vs Blue Jays Game Today?
No. They are not scheduled to meet in this part of the 2026 season.
Here is where each team actually is:
| Team | Recent and upcoming |
| Dodgers | Beat Seattle 4-2 and 6-2, then lost 9-4 to Boston. Boston series continues, then Chicago Cubs and Arizona |
| Blue Jays | Beat Washington 5-2 and St. Louis 3-1. St. Louis series continues, then Houston, Cubs and Philadelphia |
The Dodgers are in the National League and the Blue Jays in the American League. Interleague play brings them together only occasionally during a regular season — which is why the October meeting mattered so much.
A rematch in 2026 would mean another World Series.
The 2025 World Series, Game by Game
| Game | Result |
| 1 | Blue Jays 11, Dodgers 4 |
| 2 | Dodgers 5, Blue Jays 1 |
| 3 | Dodgers 6, Blue Jays 5 (18 innings) |
| 4 | Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 2 |
| 5 | Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 1 |
| 6 | Dodgers 3, Blue Jays 1 |
| 7 | Dodgers 5, Blue Jays 4 (11 innings) |
Toronto won three of the first five, including an 11-4 opening rout. Los Angeles took the last two.
Note Game 3: 18 innings. Then Game 7 went 11. Two of the seven games required more than nine.
How Game 7 Was Won
The Dodgers trailed almost the entire night and were one out from elimination territory more than once.
Toronto struck first through Bo Bichette, who homered off Shohei Ohtani in the third to drive in three. Los Angeles trailed 3-1, then 4-2.
They scored in the eighth. Then, in the ninth, Miguel Rojas hit a solo home run to tie it and followed it with a game-saving defensive play in the bottom of the same inning. ESPN’s assessment was that Game 7 might be remembered as the Miggy Rojas Game.
In the tenth, Los Angeles loaded the bases with one out and did not score. Seranthony Domínguez escaped with a forceout at home and a bang-bang groundout at first.
In the eleventh, Will Smith took a Shane Bieber slider 366 feet into the left-field stands with two outs. That was the game.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto finished it, getting Alejandro Kirk to ground into a double play with the tying run on third — on his 130th pitch over two days. He had already started Games 2 and 6.
Yamamoto took the win, his third of the series, and was named World Series MVP. Bieber took the loss.
Final: Dodgers 5, Blue Jays 4 (11 innings) at Rogers Centre, in front of 44,713. Game time 4:07.
The Record It Set
Los Angeles became the first team to win consecutive World Series titles since the New York Yankees won three straight from 1998 to 2000.
That is a 25-year gap. In an era of expanded playoffs and deeper postseason fields, repeating had come to look structurally unlikely.
It was also the Dodgers’ ninth World Series title.
The audience matched the occasion. FOX reported 25,984,000 viewers across FOX, FOX Deportes and its streaming services, peaking at 31,543,000 the most-watched World Series game since Game 7 in 2017, which also involved the Dodgers.
That was up 10% on the previous World Series Game 7, and FOX’s most-watched Saturday primetime broadcast since January 2025.
What Went Wrong for Toronto
They out-hit Los Angeles in Game 7 and lost anyway.
The box score tells it: Toronto had 14 hits to the Dodgers’ 11, but left 14 runners on base to Los Angeles’s 10. The Dodgers hit three home runs; Toronto hit one.
Toronto finished the regular season 94-68, a better record than the Dodgers’ 93-69, and were 54-27 at home. They had home advantage in Game 7 and led for most of it.
They had also come through a seven-game ALCS against Seattle, twice recovering from deficits in that series.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. left Game 7 with hamstring tightness.
Where Both Teams Stand Now
Both remain competitive in 2026.
The Dodgers have taken series wins over Seattle recently and face Boston, the Cubs and Arizona over the coming week. Toronto has beaten Washington and St. Louis and has Houston, the Cubs and Philadelphia ahead.
Whether either reaches October is a question for the coming months. A rematch requires both to survive their own leagues.
Expert Analysis
Game 7 has a strong claim to being one of the best in World Series history, and the structure of it explains why.
A team trailing 3-1 and then 4-2, scoring in the eighth and ninth to force extra innings, then winning on a two-out home run in the eleventh that is a sequence with four separate points at which the game could have ended differently.
Add the preceding 18-inning Game 3, and the series produced two of the longest games the modern World Series has seen.
Yamamoto is the story underneath the story. Three wins in a single World Series, including starts in Games 2 and 6, then 2.2 innings of relief in Game 7 on his 130th pitch across two days. That is a workload from a different era of baseball, and it is why he took MVP over the hitters who produced the decisive swings.
For Toronto, the numbers are the cruelty. Better regular-season record, home field, more hits in the deciding game, and 14 runners stranded. Nothing about that series suggests a team that was outclassed.
The repeat matters most in context. Since the playoff field expanded, sustained postseason success has become harder to engineer. The Dodgers did it with a roster built to survive variance rather than avoid it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won the 2025 World Series?
The Los Angeles Dodgers, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 in the series. They clinched with a 5-4 win in 11 innings in Game 7 at Rogers Centre in Toronto on 1 November 2025.
What was the score of Game 7?
Dodgers 5, Blue Jays 4, in 11 innings. Miguel Rojas homered in the ninth to tie it and Will Smith homered in the eleventh to win it. Attendance was 44,713 and the game lasted 4:07.
Who was the 2025 World Series MVP?
Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers. He won three games in the series, starting Games 2 and 6 before pitching 2.2 innings of relief in Game 7, finishing on his 130th pitch across two days.
Are the Dodgers and Blue Jays playing each other in 2026?
Not in the current stretch of the season. They are in different leagues, so regular-season meetings are limited to occasional interleague play. A rematch this year would require another World Series.
Was Game 7 a classic?
By most measures, yes. The Dodgers trailed 3-1 and 4-2, scored in the eighth and ninth to force extras, and won on a two-out home run in the eleventh. Game 3 of the same series went 18 innings.
How many people watched Game 7?
FOX reported 25,984,000 viewers across its platforms, peaking at 31,543,000. It was the most-watched World Series game since Game 7 in 2017 and up 10% on the previous World Series Game 7.
Why was the Dodgers’ repeat significant?
No team had won consecutive World Series titles since the New York Yankees won three straight from 1998 to 2000. Expanded playoff fields have made sustained postseason success considerably harder.
How did Toronto reach the World Series?
By beating the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in the ALCS. Toronto lost three of the first five games in that series, including the first two, before winning Games 6 and 7.
Conclusion
The 2025 World Series produced an 18-inning game and an 11-inning Game 7 in the same week, and ended a 25-year wait for a repeat champion.
Toronto had the better regular-season record, home field in the decider, and more hits on the night. They lost by one run in extra innings.
There is no fixture between these two on the 2026 calendar. If they meet again, it will be in October, and the last one set a standard that will be difficult to match.
