{"id":109096,"date":"2025-11-03T22:49:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T03:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=109096"},"modified":"2025-11-03T22:50:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T03:50:04","slug":"five-game-7-moments-led-to-dodgers-winning-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/11\/03\/five-game-7-moments-led-to-dodgers-winning-world-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Game 7 Moments That Made the Dodgers World Series Champions&#8230;Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was far from easy. It took seven games and 74 innings to beat the formidable Toronto Blue Jays, but the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions. They are the first MLB team to win <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/10\/31\/dodgers-win-2024-world-series\/\" target=\"_self\">back-to-back rings<\/a> since the New York Yankees 25 years ago. This may have been the best World Series and\/or one of the best postseason baseball series, and there were many memorable moments. However, here are five moments in Game Seven alone that made the Dodgers&#8217; World Series victory possible.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109114\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109114\" style=\"width: 911px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-109114\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_27482966_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"911\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_27482966_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_27482966_168400885_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_27482966_168400885_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_27482966_168400885_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_27482966_168400885_lowres-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_27482966_168400885_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/USATSI_27482966_168400885_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nov 1, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) celebrates after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in game seven of the 2025 MLB World Series at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Five Moments That Saved the Dodgers&#8217; 2025 World Series Win<\/h2>\n<h3>MiggyRo with the Glove<\/h3>\n<p>With the game tied, Toronto loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/varshda01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daulton Varsho<\/a> grounded a ball to second base. It wasn&#8217;t hit hard enough to turn a double play. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rojasmi02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miguel Rojas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/10\/17\/dodgers-miguel-rojas-dealing-multiple-injuries\/\" target=\"_self\">who had injured<\/a> himself on a spectacular play in Game Six, charged, fielded, double-clutched, and threw home. Catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=smithwi05,smithwi04,smith-094wil,smith-091wil,smith-090wil,smith-088wil&amp;search=Will+Smith&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Smith<\/a> caught the ball like a first baseman, keeping his toe on the plate to record the out. Los Angeles nabbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kineris01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isiah Kiner-Falefa<\/a> by an inch to keep the game and the series alive.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The ultimate game of inches ? <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pcSa3Zh83I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/pcSa3Zh83I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1984829528317841903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>He Made the Catch<\/h3>\n<p>In the middle of the bottom of the ninth inning, manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/roberda07.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dave Roberts<\/a> replaced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edmanto01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Edman<\/a>, who has battled <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/16\/dodgers-tommy-edman-teoscar-hernandez-return-next-week\/\" target=\"_self\">an ankle injury<\/a> for most of the year, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pagesan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andy Pages<\/a>. One out later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/clemeer01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ernie Clement<\/a> lifted a high fly ball deep to left-center field. It looked like it would drop in for a hit and a World Series win for the Blue Jays. Except it didn&#8217;t. Pages made a running catch with his back to the infield and managed to hold on to the ball while colliding with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernaen02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a>, thus preserving the tie and the Dodgers&#8217; life for one more inning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">OH MY GOODNESS WE ARE GOING TO EXTRAS <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r3I9Swj4gg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/r3I9Swj4gg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1984827750025167307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>MiggyRo Saves the Day with His Bat<\/h3>\n<p>The Dodgers were down to their final two outs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rojasmi02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miguel Rojas<\/a>, who didn&#8217;t have a hit in a month, and who had been horrible against right-handed pitching all year, came to the plate against Blue Jays closer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=hoffmje02,hoffma003jef&amp;search=Jeff+Hoffman&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Hoffman<\/a>. Rojas worked a full count and then drilled a pitch over the left-field fence. It was his only home run against a right-hander all season, and allowed Los Angeles season to continue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MIGUEL ROJAS WITH THE BIGGEST SWING OF HIS LIFE ?<\/p>\n<p>GAME 7 IS TIED IN TORONTO <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tDwUGzBrVq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/tDwUGzBrVq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1984821797171445784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Catcher Comes Up Clutch<\/h3>\n<p>Toronto&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/biebesh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shane Bieber<\/a> pitched the top of the 11th inning. He got two quick outs, including getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohtansh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> to ground out to first base on a pitch that sawed off the 2024 National League <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/21\/shohei-ohtani-aaron-judge-2024-mvps\/\" target=\"_self\">Most Valuable Player<\/a>. Will Smith came up with bases empty and hit a mistake over the wall. The All-Star catcher, who had missed the last month of the regular season with a fractured finger, gave the Dodgers their first and only lead of the game. It turned out to be enough.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WILL SMITH BELTS THIS TO BEL AIR \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>THE <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dodgers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DODGERS<\/a> TAKE THE LEAD <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7C3nsybc7M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7C3nsybc7M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1984834652792910254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The MVP<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/yamamyo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-03_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a> has been a road warrior all year, and he didn&#8217;t disappoint in the postseason. He threw a complete game in Game Two of the Fall Classic to earn a much-needed split. He reprised his role in Game Six, throwing six innings, giving up only one run. The next day, the Dodgers needed him again in the ninth. He closed out the game and the series in the 11th without allowing a run. His dominance earned him <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/11\/02\/yoshinobu-yamamoto-wins-2025-world-series-mvp\/\" target=\"_self\">World Series MVP honors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the Fall Classic:<\/p>\n<p>Game 2: CG, W<br \/>\nGame 6: W<br \/>\nGame 7: W<\/p>\n<p>Your <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chevrolet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Chevrolet<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldSeries?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WorldSeries<\/a> MVP \ud83d\udc4f <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/00Z68jyGBO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/00Z68jyGBO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1985097315896512690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Dodgers have a lot of superstars, but they also proved they had grit as well, and it ended up in a second straight championship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Kevin Sousa-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was far from easy. It took seven games and 74 innings to beat the formidable Toronto Blue Jays, but the Los Angeles Dodgers are World Series champions. They are the first MLB team to win back-to-back rings since the New York Yankees 25 years ago. This may have been the best World Series and\/or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":109113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,1071,35],"tags":[28464,3315,257,4809,4352,2816,2178,3899,305,6553],"class_list":["post-109096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dodgers","category-mlb","category-news","tag-andy-pages","tag-daulton-varsho","tag-dave-roberts","tag-isiah-kiner-falefa","tag-jeff-hoffman","tag-miguel-rojas","tag-shohei-ohtani","tag-tommy-edman","tag-will-smith","tag-yoshinobu-yamamoto"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109096"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109116,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109096\/revisions\/109116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}