Game 7 to Decide World Series Between Blue Jays, Dodgers

One game. That’s all the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers have left to decide who goes home with the 2025 World Series Trophy.

Does it seem fair to the teams? Maybe not. But it sets a great scene for the viewers, and leaves all of us with the potential to witness an all-time baseball moment.

The Blue Jays and Dodgers series has been one of the most exciting World Series in recent memory. Both sides going back and forth, exchanging wins and losses, while superstars for both sides perform. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has shoved twice to keep the Dodgers alive, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. dominated in Los Angeles to give the Blue Jays a chance to win a trophy at home.

Of course, Mookie Betts provided the offensive spark in Game 6 after entering just 3-for-23, providing all of us at home the ultimate scenario in baseball. Game 7 of the World Series.

Game 7s in the World Series don’t come around often, but when they do, we’re all blessed with great moments. Just ask Ray Knight and the 1986 Mets.

Of course while Game 7s don’t come often, there have been a handful of them in the last two decades. Tonight marks the sixth Game 7 of the World Series since 2011. The 2011 World Series was of course more famous for the Cardinals’ comeback in Game 6, but 2014 saw Madison Bumgarner finish off one of the greatest postseasons of all time, 2016 had the game-tying homer by Rajai Davis and then 10th-inning offensive explosion by the Cubs, and Howie Kendrick‘s homer off the foul pole in 2019 to give the Nationals their first World Series Trophy.

Max Scherzer — who started Game 7 in 2019 — will get another chance at a ring with his Game 7 start tonight against the Dodgers. Scherzer pitched five innings and allowed just two runs in the Nationals’ Game 7, leading the Nats to a World Series Championship. Tonight, he will start in the first Game 7 in the World Series since his last start six years ago.

On the other hand, the Dodgers will go to their second Game 7 of the World Series in the last 8 years. Their first in 2017 saw them lose at home to the Astros — who were later found to have been cheating. Kiké Hernández and Clayton Kershaw are the only two remaining players from that 2017 team. George Springer won World Series MVP for the Astros that year, and will bat leadoff tonight just as he did eight years ago.

Tonight’s World Series is the 41st in MLB history to reach a World Series in the history of the seven-game format. The Dodgers are 2-4 all-time in Game 7 of the World Series, defeating the Yankees in 1955 and the Twins in 1965. The Blue Jays have never played a Game 7 in the World Series.

If the Dodgers are victorious, they’ll become the first team since the 2000 Yankees to win back-to-back championships. It will also mark the first time a National League team has won back-to-back World Series since the 1975-1976 Big Red Machine.

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