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Instant Reaction: Blue Jays fall to Dodgers in Game 7
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Ryley Delaney
Nov 2, 2025, 01:08 EDT
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Just heartbreaking.
On Saturday evening, the Toronto Blue Jays fell 5-4 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series.
It started so well for the Blue Jays. In the bottom of the first, with Shohei Ohtani on the ropes, Bo Bichette hit a three-run home run to give the Jays the lead. It was just the second time in the series that they’ve scored first.
But the Dodgers started to chip away at the lead. In the fourth, Teoscar Hernández hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-1, then Tommy Edman hit a sacrifice fly to make it 3-2 in the top of the sixth. The Jays had a scoreless seventh to put them six outs away from a World Series.
With Trey Yesavage on the mound and already through an inning, he gave up a solo home run to Max Muncy to cut the Blue Jays’ lead in half. He got the next out to bring the Jays to four outs. With Hoffman on the mound, he got the final out to bring the Blue Jays to three outs.
In the top of the ninth, Hoffman was able to get Enrique Hernández to strike out, two outs. Then, the ninth hitter in the Dodgers lineup, Miguel Rojas, hit a solo home run to tie the game. The Jays got the next two outs, then a scoreless 10th inning.
It was in the 11th inning that everything went wrong. Shane Bieber got the first two batters out quickly, one being Ohtani, but Will Smith hit a solo home run. With a runner on third with one out, Alejandro Kirk grounded into a double play to end the season.

Takeaways…

This one really stings. You may know this, but I write for the Edmonton Oilers as well, and they’ve been my favourite team since I was a kid. Losing in back-to-back Stanley Cup Finals hurts, but the feeling of this World Series loss is much, much worse.
That’s just coming from a sportswriter; I can’t imagine how the players feel. At the end of the day, it was a hell of a season and one of the best World Series of all time, but this one hurts. It’ll sting for a while, especially considering you never know if they’ll be back.
However, the Blue Jays beat themselves in this one. They were 3-17 with runners in scoring position; that’s just not good enough. They had so many chances to tack on runs, especially in the later innings. In the eighth, Ernie Clement hit a lead-off double. He didn’t score. With the bases loaded and one out, the Jays were oh so close to winning it.
What hurts the most is that in the bottom of the 11th, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a lead-off double, and was moved to third with one out. After Addison Barger walked, Alejandro Kirk grounded into a double play. Just heartbreaking.
Max Scherzer started this game, and it’s devastating to think that this could be the last game he ever plays in his career. Over four and one-third innings, he gave up just one earned run and struck out three. He received a huge standing ovation departing the field.
Louis Varland replaced Scherzer, which was Varland’s 15th appearance in the postseason. With the appearance, Varland has appeared in the most playoff games for any pitcher ever. Varland finished the postseason with a 3.94 ERA over 16 innings of work. What a trade.
Ernie Clement did two things of note on Saturday evening. With a hit in the bottom of the third, his hit streak reached 13 games, a new franchise record. More importantly, he took over the most hits in a postseason run with 30 as he had three hits in this game. Just incredible.
George Springer also had three hits, while Bo Bichette, Addison Barger, and Alejandro Kirk had two. They should’ve won this game, and it’s going to be a long off-season.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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