Dodgers capture back-to-back World Series titles after epic Game 7 victory over Blue Jays

Derek Jeter spoke with the "MLB on FOX" crew to discuss why the Los Angeles Dodgers losing the World Series would be considered a failure.

The best two words for any sports fan are "Game 7."

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays pushed each other to the brink and delivered an epic finale for the 2025 season that included jubilation, hope, heartbreak, triumph and the reminder that no one can script baseball.

The Dodgers didn’t lead until it counted the most. The Blue Jays were keeping the major bats in the Dodgers’ lineup at bay for most of the game. After Miguel Rojas hit the game-tying home run off Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman, Will Smtih hit the go-ahead home run in the 11th inning to give the Dodgers the lead.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who was the Game 6 starter, gave the Dodgers 2.2 innings and closed out the game with a double play for the win.

Los Angeles won the game 5-4 and captured back-to-back titles, becoming the first team to do so since the 1999 and 2000 New York Yankees.

The game had everything a fan could have wanted.

Blue Jays second baseman Bo Bichette, who was battling a knee injury, hit a three-run home run off the nearly infallible Shohei Ohtani. Fans in Toronto nearly blew the roof off the place as Toronto took the lead.

But tensions between the two teams were clearly running high.

Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski hit Andres Gimenez in the bottom of the fourth inning. It caused the benches to clear and the umpire to offer a warning to both teams.

But the Dodgers started to chip away at the deficit. Teoscar Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly to score Smith in the fourth inning. Then, Tommy Edman hit a sacrifice fly to score Mookie Betts in the sixth inning.

Toronto got a huge insurance run when