By RONALD BLUM
TORONTO (AP) — Will Smith homered within the eleventh inning after Miguel Rojas linked for a tying drive within the ninth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Sport 7 Saturday night time to turn out to be the primary group in 1 / 4 century to win consecutive World Sequence titles.
Los Angeles overcame 3-0 and 4-2 deficits and escaped a bases-loaded jam within the ninth to turn out to be the primary repeat champion because the 1998-2000 New York Yankees, and the primary from the Nationwide League because the 1975 and ’76 Cincinnati Reds.
Smith hit a 2-0 slider off Shane Bieber into the Blue Jays’ bullpen, giving the Dodgers their first lead of the night time.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who threw 96 pitches within the Dodgers’ win on Friday, escaped a bases-loaded jam within the ninth and pitched 2 2/3 innings for his third win of the Sequence.
He gave up a leadoff double within the eleventh to Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who was sacrificed to 3rd. Addison Barger walked and Alejandro Kirk grounded to shortstop Mookie Betts, who began a title-winning 6-4-3 double play.
With their ninth title and third in six years, the Dodgers made an argument for his or her 2020s groups to be thought-about a dynasty. Dave Roberts, their supervisor since 2016, boosted the likelihood he’ll acquire induction to the Corridor of Fame.
Bo Bichette put Toronto forward within the third with a three-run homer off two-way star Shohei Ohtani, who was pitching on three days’ relaxation after taking the loss in Sport 3.
Los Angeles closed to 3-2 on sacrifice flies from Teoscar Hernández within the fourth off Max Scherzer and Tommy Edman within the sixth in opposition to Chris Bassitt.
Andrés Giménez restored Toronto’s two-run lead with an RBI double within the sixth off Tyler Glasnow, who relieved after getting the ultimate three outs on three pitches to save lots of Sport 6 on Friday.
Max Muncy’s eighth-inning homer off star rookie Trey Yesavage minimize the Dodgers’ deficit to 1 run, and Rojas, inserted into the lineup in Sport 6 to supply some vitality, homered on a full-count slider from Jeff Hoffman.
Toronto put two on with one out within the backside half in opposition to Blake Snell, and Los Angeles turned to Yamamoto.
He hit Alejandro Kirk on a hand with a pitch, loading the bases and prompting the Dodgers to play the infield in and the outfield shallow. Daulton Varsho grounded to second, the place Rojas stumbled however managed to throw house for a forceout as catcher Smith stored his foot on the plate.
Ernie Clement then flied out to Andy Pages, who made a leaping, backhand catch on the center-field warning monitor as he crashed into left fielder Kiké Hernández.
Seranthony Domínguez walked Mookie Betts with one out within the tenth and Muncy singled for his third hit. Hernández walked, loading the bases. Pages grounded to shortstop, the place Giménez threw house for a forceout. First baseman Guerrero then threw to pitcher Seranthony Domínguez overlaying first, simply beating Hernández in a name upheld in a video assessment.
The epic night time matched the Marlins’ 3-2 win over Cleveland in 1997 because the second-longest Sequence Sport 7, behind solely the Washington Senators’ 4-3 victory in opposition to the New York Giants in 1924.
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