Overview
- Will Smith hit the go-ahead solo homer in the 11th off Shane Bieber after Miguel Rojas tied the game with a ninth-inning solo shot off Jeff Hoffman.
- The Dodgers became the first repeat champions since the 1998–2000 Yankees, taking the final two games on the road in Toronto.
- Toronto led for most of the night behind Bo Bichette’s three-run homer off Shohei Ohtani, while 41-year-old Max Scherzer allowed one run over 4 1/3 innings.
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto, pitching a day after a 96-pitch start, escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and worked 2 2/3 innings for the win, with the Series ending on a 6-4-3 double play started by Mookie Betts.
- Max Muncy’s eighth-inning homer off rookie Trey Yesavage pulled L.A. within one, and Toronto’s Ernie Clement set a single-postseason hits record with 30 as tensions included a benches-clearing warning in the fourth.