The Los Angeles Dodgers have rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in extra innings of a decisive seventh game of the World Series to become Major League Baseball's first repeat champion in 25 years.

Los Angeles overcame 3-0 and 4-2 deficits and escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to become the first repeat champion since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees, and the first from the National League since the 1975 and 1976 Cincinnati Reds.

The Dodgers were down 3-4 in the ninth inning when Miguel Rojas tied the game with a home run, followed by Will Smith hitting a solo home run in the 11th inning for what would be the winning 5-4 scoreline. Loading Twitter content

Smith's hit on a 2-0 slider off Shane Bieber into the Blue Jays' bullpen in left-field, was the Dodgers' first lead of

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