Overview
- Will Smith’s 11th-inning home run put Los Angeles ahead before Yoshinobu Yamamoto induced a double play to end Game 7 at Rogers Centre.
- Yamamoto threw the final 2 2/3 innings on back-to-back days and was named World Series MVP after also delivering a complete game in Game 2.
- Miguel Rojas tied Game 7 with a ninth-inning homer, and Toronto stranded 10 runners, including a bases-loaded chance in the 10th and two on in the 11th.
- FOX Sports reported the Game 7 audience rose 10% versus 2019’s Game 7 and marked FOX’s most-watched Saturday primetime telecast since an NFL playoff game in January.
- The series’ drama included an 18-inning Game 3 won by a Freddie Freeman walk-off after Shohei Ohtani reached base nine times and a Game 6 lodged-ball review that produced a ground-rule double.