This Major League Baseball season was one to remember, especially the thrilling seven-game World Series battle between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The broadcast averaged 34 million viewers across all games, with 51 million internationally just during game seven, according to Bill Shaikin on X.  

During the regular season, the Toronto Blue Jays were statistically first in hitting and on-base percentage. They continued their dominance, beating the New York Yankees in a four-game series followed by an intense seven-game series with the Seattle Mariners in the ALCS. With this track record, many would believe the Blue Jays had a chance to upset the favorites. 

Throughout all of this, the Los Angeles Dodgers had success in their wildcard matchup with the Cincinnati Reds, beating them in two games in a best-of-three series. They then beat the Philadelphia Phillies three to one in a four-game series, followed by the sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS.  

Right from the jump, the Blue Jays were on their heels, with them being down 2-0 after the second inning. Until the bottom of the fourth inning, with a two-run home run from Daulton Varsho, the Blue Jays then scored nine runs in the sixth inning! This left the Dodgers with an 11-2 score to fight back, but besides Shohei Ohtani’s sixth home run of the postseason, there was not much of a fight in game one.  

Until games two and three, the Dodgers came back and took the lead in the series. While game two was a walk in the park, game three was a war. The Dodgers took an early lead before the Blue Jays respond in the top of the fourth with a three-run home run from Alejandro Kirk. By the bottom of the eighth, with help from a Shohei Ohtani homerun the inning prior, both teams go into extra innings. There were many close calls and great defensive throws from both sides, until the bottom of the eighteenth when Freddie Freeman hits a walk-off home run to win game three.  

Game four was the first series game we saw Shohei Ohtani pitch, while his team scored a run in the second inning. The lead was short-lived as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run home run, which led to a dogpile of Blue Jays runs. Much like the first game, the Dodgers had minimal retaliation.  

Going into game five with an even series, the Blue Jays seemed to carry the momentum from the last game. As the first two at-bats of the night led to back-to-back home runs, the Dodgers responded with a home run in the bottom of the third inning. By the end of the ninth inning, the Blue Jays lead six to one. 

This game six was the last chance to keep the Dodgers’ World Series hopes alive, and with a strong start to the game, they had a three-to-one lead by the seventh inning. The Blue Jays attempted to make one final push in the ninth inning, but it tragically ended on a double play, making the series tied for the last time as they play game seven in Toronto. 

The Blue Jays would open the score in the bottom of the third with a three-run home run from Bo Bichette. Until the Dodgers had tried to close the gap with 3 RBIs, until the Blue Jays scored another run, making it four to three by the top of the ninth. As all hope seemed lost, Miguel Rojas hit a home run to tie the game and push for extra innings. After the Dodgers had a stressful bottom of the ninth, they pushed till the eleventh inning, as Will Smith hit the series-winning home run for the Dodgers.