Game 1 hit a
grand slam as a
pinch hitter in Game 1 Game 1 featured starters
Blake Snell for the Dodgers and
Trey Yesavage for the Blue Jays. Singer and musician
Pharrell Williams performed prior to the game while gospel choir
Voices of Fire sang the American and Canadian national anthems accompanied by the Color of Noise Orchestra and also performed with Williams.
Cito Gaston, the manager of the
1992 and
1993 World Series champions, threw the
ceremonial first pitch.
Bo Bichette, the Blue Jays' starting shortstop who last played on September 6, returned to the lineup as the
second baseman, his first MLB appearance at the position. After Snell retired the first two Blue Jays,
Vladimir Guerrero Jr,
Bo Bichette, and
Alejandro Kirk proceeded to load the bases before
Daulton Varsho flied out to end the short-lived threat. In the top of the second inning, Yesavage allowed two runners to reach before
Enrique Hernández's
single scored
Teoscar Hernández and gave the Dodgers a 1–0 lead. A
Tommy Edman infield single proceeded to load the bases with just one out, but Yesavage managed to escape the jam, ending with a
Shohei Ohtani groundout. In the bottom half of the inning, a base-running mistake led to an inning-ending 1–3–5 putout on
Ernie Clement. After Springer hit a ground ball that Snell could not convert into a force at first, he then threw to third base, where Clement was tagged out. In the third, Yesavage walked
Mookie Betts and
Freddie Freeman to lead off the inning before
Will Smith's single scored Betts to make the score 2–0. However, Freeman was thrown out trying to advance to third, which helped Yesavage get out of the inning with just the one run allowed. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Daulton Varsho hit a two-run home run to tie the game 2–2 after Kirk led off with a single. Yesavage's outing ended after pitching four innings, allowing four hits, two runs, and walking three batters while striking out five. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Bichette led off with a walk, Kirk singled, and Varsho was hit by a pitch. The Dodgers then turned to their bullpen in
Emmet Sheehan, but Ernie Clement's single scored
Isiah Kiner-Falefa (pinch-running for Bichette) to take a 3–2 lead.
Nathan Lukes then drew a walk, scoring Kirk, and
Andrés Giménez singled to extend the lead to three.
Anthony Banda was then brought in to deal with the top of the order after
George Springer grounded into a fielder's choice, but pinch hitter
Addison Barger hit a
grand slam, giving the Jays a 9–2 lead. Kirk then hit a two-run home run to center field to increase the lead to 11–2. Barger's slam was the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, part of a nine-run inning for the home team, one shy of the World Series record for runs in an inning. In the top of the seventh inning, Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run home run to right field to cut the Blue Jays' lead to 11–4, joining
Hideki Matsui (
2003) as the only Japanese-born players to hit a home run in a World Series. Blue Jays pitcher
Eric Lauer finished the game by striking out Betts as the Jays took Game 1. Blue Jays' fans chanted “we don’t need you” at Ohtani late in the game, as this was a reference to the Blue Jays near signing of Ohtani during the 2023-24 off-season.
Game 2 threw a
complete game in Game 2.
Bebe Rexha sang the American national anthem while
Alessia Cara sang the Canadian national anthem.
Joe Carter, who hit a
walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series for the Blue Jays, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. with the performance receiving backlash from MLB fans for delaying the middle of the game. Game 2 featured starters
Yoshinobu Yamamoto for the Dodgers and
Kevin Gausman for the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays'
Bo Bichette was ruled out for Game 2 as he continued to recover from a left knee injury.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa took his place at second base and was placed eighth in the batting order. The Dodgers scored in the top of the first inning with a
double by
Freddie Freeman followed by an RBI single by
Will Smith to take a 1–0 lead. The Blue Jays tied the game in the bottom of the third inning on a single by
George Springer, a single by
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. that moved Springer to third base, and then a
sacrifice fly by
Alejandro Kirk that scored Springer. In the top of the seventh inning, Smith and
Max Muncy hit solo home runs to give the Dodgers a 3–1 lead. Gausman pitched innings, allowing four hits and three runs while striking out six batters. In the top of the eighth inning, Blue Jays closer
Jeff Hoffman threw a wild pitch, scoring
Andy Pages and extending the Dodgers' lead to 4–1. Smith then grounded into a force-out to score
Shohei Ohtani and extend the Dodgers' lead to 5–1. Yamamoto pitched a one-run
complete game to even the series, 1–1, becoming the first pitcher to throw a World Series complete game since
Johnny Cueto in
2015, as well as the first to throw multiple complete games in the same postseason since
Madison Bumgarner in
2014 and the first to do so in back-to-back games since
Curt Schilling in
2001.
Game 3 was the first player to hit walk-off home runs in consecutive World Series. , the last man left in the Dodgers' bullpen, pitched four scoreless innings in relief. Singer-songwriter
JP Saxe sang the Canadian national anthem while country singer
Brad Paisley sang the United States national anthem. Coincidentally, Paisley also sang the national anthem for the 18-inning World Series game in
2018.
Hideo Nomo threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Max Scherzer started Game 3 for the Blue Jays while
Tyler Glasnow started for the Dodgers. Scherzer was the first pitcher ever to start a World Series game for four different teams. In the top of the second inning,
Bo Bichette was picked off first base when a pitch that missed the strike zone and appeared to be ball four was called a strike anyway. In the bottom of the second inning, the Dodgers scored first with a solo home run by
Teoscar Hernández. In the bottom of the third inning,
Shohei Ohtani homered to extend the lead to 2–0. In the top of the fourth inning,
Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run home run to take a 3–2 lead for the Blue Jays.
Andrés Giménez then hit a sacrifice fly to center field, extending the lead to 4–2. Glasnow pitched innings, allowing five hits, four runs, and walking only one batter while striking out five. Scherzer pitched innings, allowing five hits, two runs, and walking only one batter while striking out three. Facing
Mason Fluharty in the fifth inning, Ohtani hit an RBI double and scored on a single by
Freddie Freeman to tie the game at 4–4. A ground ball hit by
Bo Bichette in the top of the seventh inning ricocheted away from Teoscar Hernandez, allowing
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to score from first base, retaking a 5–4 lead. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Ohtani hit his second home run to tie the game at 5–5, becoming just the second Major League player (and the first since
Frank Isbell in Game 5 of the
1906 World Series) to get four extra-base hits in a single postseason game.
Roki Sasaki got out of a jam in the top of the eighth inning by getting
Nathan Lukes to ground out to first base. In the top of the tenth inning,
Ty France hit a two-out single against the Dodgers'
Emmet Sheehan, but was subsequently thrown out at home plate after trying to score on
Nathan Lukes' double. In the top of the 12th inning, after
Emmet Sheehan loaded the bases,
Clayton Kershaw came in and escaped a two-out, bases-loaded jam to keep the game tied, which would ultimately turn out to be his last career appearance. In the bottom of the 13th inning, after
Eric Lauer loaded the bases with two outs by intentionally walking Ohtani and Betts, Lauer escaped a bases-loaded jam when Freeman flied out to center fielder
Daulton Varsho. Neither team scored until Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off home run off
Brendon Little leading off the bottom of the 18th inning for the Dodgers to take Game 3 and a 2–1 series lead. Freeman's home run was a mirror to
Max Muncy's in Game 3 of the
2018 World Series, which also went 18 innings. With his walk-off home run, Freeman became the first player to accomplish this feat in consecutive World Series, after his grand-slam walk-off in Game 1 of the
2024 World Series. It was also his third career walk-off postseason hit, tying him with
David Ortiz and
Carlos Correa for the most in MLB history. Dodgers reliever
Will Klein, who entered the game in the 15th inning, got the win by pitching four shutout innings. Several World Series records were broken in Game 3. The teams combined to use 19 pitchers (ten for the Dodgers and nine for the Blue Jays), throwing a combined 609 pitches. A total of 37 men were left on base (19 for the Blue Jays, 18 for the Dodgers). Ohtani reached base nine times (becoming just the fourth player to accomplish this in a single game, and the first since
Stan Hack in 1942) and was intentionally walked four times, both World Series records. Six outs were recorded on the base paths, which also shattered a World Series record. Game 3 reached 18 innings, tying it with the
2005 NLDS Game 4,
2014 NLDS Game 2,
2018 World Series Game 3, and
2022 ALDS Game 3 as
the longest postseason games in MLB history in terms of innings. The game lasted six hours and 39 minutes, making it the second-longest postseason game timewise, behind the aforementioned Game 3 of the 2018 World Series.
Game 4 hit a two-run home run in Game 4. R&B singer and actress
Deborah Cox sang the Canadian national anthem while R&B singer
Tinashe sang the American national anthem.
Orel Hershiser threw out the ceremonial first pitch. The starting pitchers for Game 4 were
Shohei Ohtani for the Dodgers and
Shane Bieber for the Blue Jays. After undergoing an
MRI, Blue Jays outfielder
George Springer was removed from the starting lineup for Game 4 due to right-side discomfort sustained during a swing in the seventh inning of Game 3. He was replaced as the designated hitter by
Bo Bichette. In the bottom of the second inning,
Enrique Hernández hit a sacrifice fly to right field, allowing
Max Muncy to score and take a 1–0 lead for the Dodgers.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run home run for the Blue Jays in the top of the third inning. Bieber pitched innings, allowing four hits, one run, and walking three batters while striking out three. Ohtani pitched six innings, allowing six hits, four runs, and walking one batter while striking out six. He allowed the first two batters to reach base in the seventh inning;
Anthony Banda relieved Ohtani and allowed an RBI single to
Andrés Giménez. Pinch hitter
Ty France drove in another run with a groundout.
Blake Treinen relieved Banda and allowed back-to-back RBI singles to Bichette and
Addison Barger as the Blue Jays extended their lead to 6–1. In the bottom of the ninth inning,
Tommy Edman scored
Teoscar Hernández on a groundout to cut the lead to 6–2. The Blue Jays got the final out of the game after
Alex Call lined out to
Myles Straw to tie the series at two games each.
Game 5 hit a leadoff home run on the first pitch of Game 5.
Rufus Wainwright sang the Canadian national anthem in English and French while Dodgers anthem singer Keith Williams Jr., accompanied by organist
Dieter Ruehle, sang the American national anthem. Singer and actress
Sofia Carson was scheduled to sing the American anthem at the game, but was replaced by Williams for an undisclosed reason.
Magic Johnson threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Game 5 featured a rematch from Game 1 between starting pitchers
Blake Snell for the Dodgers and
Trey Yesavage for the Blue Jays. On the first pitch of the game,
Davis Schneider hit a solo home run off Snell, giving the Blue Jays a 1–0 lead.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. then homered two pitches later to extend the lead to 2–0.
Enrique Hernández hit a solo home run off Blue Jays starter Yesavage in the bottom of the third inning to cut the Dodgers' deficit to 2–1. In the top of the fourth inning,
Ernie Clement hit a sacrifice fly to score
Daulton Varsho, extending the lead to 3–1. Snell pitched innings, allowing six hits, three runs, and walking four batters while striking out seven. In the top of the seventh inning, Dodgers reliever
Edgardo Henriquez walked Guerrero Jr. on a wild pitch, which enabled
Addison Barger to score.
Bo Bichette then hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 5–1. Yesavage pitched seven innings, recording 12 strikeouts (making him the youngest pitcher to strike out ten or more in a World Series game, breaking the record set by
Smoky Joe Wood in , and surpassing the previous rookie record of 11 set by
Don Newcombe in ) while allowing three hits, one run, and no walks. In the top of the eighth inning,
Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit an RBI single to extend the lead to 6–1. The Blue Jays got the final out of the game when closer
Jeff Hoffman struck out
Teoscar Hernández. The series then moved back to Toronto for Game 6, with the Blue Jays one win away from winning the World Series for the third time in franchise history.
Game 6 hit a two-run single in Game 6.
Chicago Cubs anthem singer John Vincent sang the American national anthem while
Royal Canadian Air Force Band vocalist and Warrant Officer David Grenon sang the Canadian national anthem in English and French.
Devon White threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Game 6 featured a rematch of the series'
Game 2 starting pitchers,
Kevin Gausman of the Blue Jays and
Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers. After missing the previous two games,
George Springer returned to the Blue Jays' starting lineup for Game 6. The Dodgers scored first in the third inning after a double by
Tommy Edman, an intentional walk to
Shohei Ohtani, and an RBI double by
Will Smith. Gausman loaded the bases with a walk to
Freddie Freeman, and
Mookie Betts drove in two runs with a single to extend the Dodgers' lead to 3–0. In the bottom of the third inning, the Blue Jays cut the Dodgers' lead to 3–1 when
George Springer hit an RBI single, scoring
Addison Barger. Gausman pitched six innings, allowing three hits, three runs, and walking two batters while striking out eight. Yamamoto pitched six innings, allowing five hits, one run, and walking one batter while striking out six. He was succeeded by relievers
Justin Wrobleski and
Roki Sasaki, who combined for six outs. The Blue Jays began building momentum in the bottom of the ninth when
Alejandro Kirk was hit by an 0–2 pitch to lead off the inning. Barger then hit a long fly ball to left-center which became lodged in the padding at the base of the outfield wall. This resulted in a dead-ball
ground-rule double, preventing pinch-runner Myles Straw from scoring and leaving the runners at second and third with no outs. Even so, Toronto still had the tying runs in scoring position and could even secure their first championship in 32 years right there with a home run. However,
Tyler Glasnow promptly came into the game to replace Sasaki, got a quick pop-out off the bat of
Ernie Clement, and then got the final two outs when
Andrés Giménez lined into a double play. Left fielder
Enrique Hernández caught the liner and one-hopped the ball to second baseman
Miguel Rojas, doubling Barger off second base and securing Game 6 for the Dodgers to force a winner-take-all Game 7.
Game 7 was the first player in MLB history with a game-tying HR in the 9th inning or later of a World Series Game 7. hit the first ever World Series extra-inning home run in a Game 7.
Pia Toscano sang the American national anthem and
Noah Reid sang the Canadian national anthem.
Jack Morris and
Paul Molitor threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Blue Jays' Game 7 starter
Max Scherzer was matched against two-way player
Shohei Ohtani, making his first start ever on three days’ rest. Scherzer became the oldest pitcher to start a winner-take-all
World Series game. Coincidentally, Scherzer also started in the last Game 7 of a World Series in
2019, while a member of the
Washington Nationals. In the bottom of the second inning, Ohtani escaped a two-out bases-loaded jam by striking out
Andrés Giménez to keep the game scoreless. In the bottom of the third inning, a single by
George Springer and a walk to
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. preceded a three-run home run by
Bo Bichette to give the Blue Jays a 3–0 lead. Ohtani pitched innings, allowing five hits, three runs, and walking two batters while striking out three. The Dodgers loaded the bases in the top of the fourth inning before Blue Jays center fielder
Daulton Varsho made a diving catch on a ball hit by
Teoscar Hernández;
Will Smith scored on the
sacrifice fly but the catch saved further damage. The inning ended with another diving catch by Guerrero Jr. on a line drive hit by
Tommy Edman. In the bottom of the fourth inning with one out, Dodger reliever
Justin Wrobleski nearly hit Giménez with two inside pitches – the second of which Giménez appeared to throw his arm at intentionally in an attempt to get hit – before a third inside pitch did hit Giménez, and resulted in a
benches-clearing incident when Giménez argued with Wrobleski. Wrobleski allowed a single but eventually finished the inning without allowing a run. Scherzer allowed a one-out single in the fifth inning before exiting; he pitched innings, allowing four hits, one run, and walking one batter while striking out three. He was relieved by
Louis Varland, who with his 15th appearance of the playoffs set a record for most pitching appearances in a single postseason. Varland allowed another hit but also escaped the jam without allowing a run. In the top of the sixth inning, the first two Dodgers reached base off Jays reliever
Chris Bassitt, with
Mookie Betts eventually scoring on sacrifice fly by Edman to cut the Blue Jays' lead to 3–2. The Jays immediately answered in the bottom of the inning, when
Ernie Clement led off with a single against Game 3 starter
Tyler Glasnow, stole second, and scored on a Giménez RBI double to extend the lead to 4–2. The Dodgers' attempt to respond in the seventh inning was thwarted when
Freddie Freeman grounded into a
3-6-3 double play initiated by Guerrero Jr. In the top of the eighth inning,
Max Muncy hit a solo home run off Game 5 starter
Trey Yesavage to cut the Dodgers' deficit to 4–3, which prompted the Jays to bring in closer
Jeff Hoffman for the four-out save. Ernie Clement hit a leadoff double off
Emmet Sheehan in the bottom of the eighth inning, setting a record for hits in a
MLB postseason with 30. However, Clement was stranded at second and Toronto couldn’t capitalize off the leadoff double. In the top of the ninth inning, with the Blue Jays two outs from a championship,
Miguel Rojas hit a one-out home run off of Hoffman to tie the game at 4–4. Rojas, who had been put in the line-up for
Andy Pages after Game 5, had not had a hit since the
Wild Card Series one month earlier. Rojas became the first player in MLB history with a game-tying home run in the ninth inning or later of a World Series Game 7. According to ESPN Insights, the Blue Jays had a 91.7 percent chance to win Game 7 before the homer. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Snell attempted to force the game into extra innings. Guerrero Jr. flied out to center on a 3–0 count before Bichette singled and was
pinch-run for by
Isiah Kiner-Falefa.
Addison Barger drew a walk to get
Alejandro Kirk to the plate; the Dodgers countered by replacing Snell with
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who had thrown 96 pitches the previous night. On the second pitch, Kirk was
hit in the arm to bring
Daulton Varsho to the plate with the bases loaded and one out. With the infield in, Varsho hit a grounder to second baseman Rojas, who stumbled as he fielded the ball but recovered to throw to Smith in time to
force out Kiner-Falefa at home for the second out. The Blue Jays unsuccessfully
challenged the call; the replay confirmed Smith's foot touched the plate just before Kiner-Falefa's foot slid in. After the game, Kiner-Falefa was criticized for not taking a bigger
lead off of third base; he explained that the coaches instructed him to stay close to third base to avoid getting doubled off at third in the event of a line drive, as he represented the winning run with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth. According to
Sportsnet's Ben Nicholson-Smith, Kiner-Falefa was subjected to vitriolic online abuse, including threats to “break his legs". Clement came up with two out and the bases loaded and hit a fly ball to the
warning track in left-center field, but Dodgers center fielder
Andy Pages, inserted as a defensive replacement before the prior at bat, ranged over and made the catch while colliding with Hernández to escape the jam. This became the sixth winner-take-all World Series game to go to extra innings, and the first since . In the bottom of the 11th, Guerrero Jr. lined a leadoff double to left before Kiner-Falefa laid down a
sacrifice bunt to advance Guerrero to third base with one out. Barger then drew a walk to set up Kirk at the plate with runners on the corners. On an 0–2 pitch, Kirk hit a
broken-bat ground ball to Dodger shortstop Betts, who stepped on second and threw to Freeman at first to complete the
double play to end the game and series. It is also just the third time in World Series history that a series ended on a double play, and the first since 1947.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto won the
World Series Most Valuable Player Award, the first pitcher to win the award since
Stephen Strasburg in
2019. Yamamoto recorded three wins and 15 strikeouts with a 1.02 ERA. Yamamoto was the first pitcher to get three road wins in a World Series, and the second since 1968 to be credited with three wins in a World Series, joining
Randy Johnson in
2001. He was also the first Japanese-born player to win the award since
Hideki Matsui in
2009. This marked the first time a Toronto-based team had lost a championship series in the four major North American leagues since the
1960 Stanley Cup Final.
Composite line score 2025 World Series (4–3):
Los Angeles Dodgers beat
Toronto Blue Jays. For much of the series, Toronto outplayed Los Angeles (collecting 22 more hits, having three fewer errors, and scoring eight more runs throughout the course of the series), and were two outs away and a bases-loaded one-out situation from clinching, but could not finish the job. The Dodgers were the first team to be out-scored in a World Series by their opponent and win the Series since the
2003 Marlins. Ohtani and Smith were the only Dodgers players in the Series to have an
on-base plus slugging above .800, compared to six Blue Jays players above the mark, and the Dodgers batted .203 in the World Series, the lowest mark by a champion since
1966. However, the Dodgers were more resourceful, with their four wins decided by eight combined runs while the Blue Jays’ wins were more decisive. Toronto also could not find ways to outlast Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who won Games 2 and 6, and pitched the last innings for Los Angeles to win Game 7; in the Series, Yamamoto got 53 outs and allowed only 2 runs. ==Broadcasting==