The Toronto Blue Jays were unable to break their more-than-three decade-long championship drought.

The Blue Jays fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 in Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday at Rogers Centre in Toronto. The Dodgers won their second consecutive championship and third in six seasons in the 11-inning showdown.

Toronto had the early advantage against Los Angeles, but was unable to preserve its lead through the rest of the game.

Blue Jays second baseman Bo Bichette, who wasn't on the team's roster in the American League Divisional Series or the American League Championship Series, hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the third that gave Toronto a 3-0 lead.

Dodgers right fielder Teoscar Hernandez got a run back for his team with an RBI sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth.

Los Angeles slowly chipped away at the lead from there.

Dodgers center fielder Tommy Edman hit his own respective RBI sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth that brought home shortstop Mookie Betts and cut the Blue Jays' lead down to 3-2.

Toronto got a run back in the bottom of the sixth and bolstered its lead to 4-2 after shortstop Andres Gimenez hit an RBI double.

In the top of the eighth, Los Angeles third baseman Max Muncy hit a solo home run that cut the deficit down to 4-3 and second baseman Miguel Rojas hit his own respective home run that tied the game 4-4.

"I was never trying to hit a home run," Rojas said in a postgame interview. "I think this is (my) first home run against a right-handed pitcher during the whole year. And it came during the biggest part of my life and my career. ... I can't really describe right now the emotions that I feel."

The Blue Jays had an opportunity to clinch their first World Series championship since 1993 in the bottom of the ninth. The team loaded the bases but left them stranded.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto took the mound with runners on first and second with one out in the bottom of the ninth. He hit Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk with a pitch, which loaded the bases.

Yamamoto got out of that situation. He retired the side in order in the 10th inning and worked around a lead-off double allowed to Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the 11th. Yamamoto, who threw a complete game in Game 2 of the World Series on Oct. 25, was named the World Series MVP. Yamamoto started Game 6 the day before and went six innings.

"I was not sure if I could pitch tonight until I went to the bullpen," Yamamoto said via a translator in a postgame interview. "But I'm glad I was able to."

While Yamamoto was stonewalling Toronto's offense, Dodgers catcher Will Smith hit a solo home run in the top of the 11th for the eventual final of 5-4. Yamamoto induced an inning-ending 6u-3 double play in which Betts fielding the ball, tagged at second and completed the throw to Freddie Freeman at first base.

Saturday marked the fourth World Series in the last 10 years to go seven games and the was the second among those four to go to extra innings.

The 2025 season has now come to a close, and the offseason is now on the horizon for all 30 clubs.

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