The Los Angeles Dodgers are back-to-back World Series champions ... beating the Toronto Blue Jays in dramatic fashion in Game 7!!
The final installment of the series was nothing short of a movie -- the Jays took the lead in the third inning with a three-run homer by Bo Bichette. The Dodgers erased the deficit at the last opportunity ... tying it up at 4-4 to send it to extra innings.
It was Will Smith who came through in the clutch in the 11th ... hitting a one-run dinger to give the reigning champs the 5-4 lead -- which was ultimately enough to seal the victory.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto was a hero on the mound. After throwing 96 pitches over six innings in Game 6, he returned to the hill a night later and pitched three scoreless innings.
It's safe to say the Japanese superstar's performance in the series -- 3 wins, 17.2 innings pitched, 2 earned runs, and 15 strikeouts -- will go down as one of the most impressive in Fall Classic history. No surprise, he was named World Series MVP.
The Blue Jays had several chances to bring the Commissioner's Trophy to the North with runners on base late in the game ... but it just wasn't their year.
The Dodgers are now the first back-to-back champs since the New York Yankees won three in a row from 1998-2000.
It's L.A.'s ninth World Series title in franchise history ... and it certainly had to fight for it -- after going up 2-1 in the series, the Jays bounced back to get a 3-2 advantage before the Dodgers forced the deciding game.
No word yet on when the parade will be ... but we expect the City of Angels to be popping whenever the team hits the streets to celebrate.
What a series -- an instant classic.
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