TORONTO -- Miguel Rojas cranked a tying home run off Jeff Hoffman in the top of the ninth, saved the game with a stellar defensive play in the bottom half, then watched his catcher, Will Smith , win it in extra innings.

Smith provided his Los Angeles Dodgers with their first lead in Game 7 of the World Series with a solo home run in the top of the 11th, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto finished off the Toronto Blue Jays in the bottom half, sealing a thrilling, 5-4 victory on Saturday night that brought yet another championship to L.A.

The Dodgers became the first repeat champions in a quarter century, and clinching it took everything they had.

It took all of their starting pitchers -- Shohei Ohtani , Tyler Glasnow , Blake Snell and Yamamoto, who pitched the first six innings in

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