Relive Dodgers' wild comeback win in Game 7 of World Series

theScore provides analysis and insights from Game 7 of the World Series. We break down everything you need to know about the Los Angeles Dodgers' incredible 5-4 win in extra innings against the Toronto Blue Jays.

11th inning: Will Smith plays hero for the Dodgers, hitting the series-winning homer off Shane Bieber in the top of the 11th. The Blue Jays had more comeback wins than any team in baseball this year, and put together one last rally in the bottom half. But Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets Alejandro Kirk to ground into a 6-3 double play, completing his epic performance to clinch an epic Game 7. The Dodgers are the first team to repeat as World Series champions since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees, and the first NL club to do it since Cincinnati's famed "Big Red Machine" in 1975-76.

9th inning: What just happened? The Blue Jays load the bases with one out. Daulton Varsho's ground ball is nearly mishandled by Miguel Rojas, but he recovers to force Isiah Kiner-Falefa at home - only after the Blue Jays challenged and replay confirmed that Will Smith's toe stayed on home plate by a hair. Then Ernie Clement rips a deep fly ball that nearly drops, only for Andy Pages - who'd just entered as a mid-inning defensive replacement in center - to catch it while colliding with left fielder Kiké Hernández. Of course Game 7 is going to extras. This game defies explanation. What a game. What a World Series.

9th inning: Neither of these teams will give in. After Vladimir Guerrero Jr. just missed a walk-off homer, Bo Bichette singles off Blake Snell and is lifted for a pinch-runner. Then Addison Barger works a walk after fouling a ball off his shin - leading Dave Roberts to call on Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who threw 96 pitches last night, to get the Dodgers out of this jam. This Game 7 has been simply incredible.

9th inning: The Blue Jays were two outs away from a World Series title, and then Miguel Rojas crushed a solo homer off closer Jeff Hoffman to tie Game 7 in the top of the ninth. Rogers Centre went from delirium to silence in a second. Rojas is the first player ever to hit a game-tying homer in the 9th inning or later in Game 7 of a World Series, per OptaStats.

But Hoffman gets Shohei Ohtani and Will Smith - the latter on a strike three call that had Smith hopping mad - to end the top of the ninth tied 4-4.

8th inning: Max Muncy picked a pretty good time for his second extra-base hit of the World Series. He takes Trey Yesavage deep to make it a one-run game. The home run ensures that Shohei Ohtani is guaranteed at least one more plate appearance in the game. The Blue Jays go to closer Jeff Hoffman needing four outs. Hoffman's been great this postseason, but home runs were a major issue throughout the regular season. Not allowing the bottom of the order to reach base ahead of Ohtani in the ninth is imperative.

7th inning: Vladimir Guerrero's been clutch in so many different areas of his game this postseason. While he's hitless tonight, his biggest play comes with the glove in the 7th, turning a 3-6-3 double play. Guerrero's been so good at turning that play this year, and helps get Trey Yesavage out of a bit of a jam at a time when the rookie was really struggling with his command. Yesavage will at least start the 8th with Mookie Betts, Max Muncy, and Teoscar Hernández due up. It's asking a lot out of Yesavage, but he's arguably been their best arm this postseason.

7th inning: John Schneider said pregame that Trey Yesavage would feature in this game and here he comes out the bullpen to a massive ovation. He'll get Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith, and Freddie Freeman. No pressure, kid.

6th inning: Andrés Giménez not getting a bunt down early in his at-bat ends up being a huge break for the Blue Jays. Ernie Clement swipes second base instead as Tyler Glasnow struggles to find the zone, and then scores on an RBI double in the gap that Teoscar Hernandez can't run down. That's a massive insurance run that's once again generated by the bottom of the order.

6th inning: The Dodgers are hanging around. Chris Bassitt's been incredible out of the bullpen this postseason - having thrown 7 2/3 shutout innings entering Game 7 - but a leadoff walk to Mookie Betts comes around to score on a sac fly to make it a one-run game. Bassitt gets Miguel Rojas to ground out to end the inning. That could be the biggest out of the night with Shohei Ohtani on deck. John Schneider likely would have wanted to use Bassitt for multiple innings, but the right-hander isn't overly sharp, and he could turn to Trey Yesavage, who is warming in the bullpen, for the top of the order.

5th inning: Max Scherzer walks off the mound for perhaps the final time in his Hall of Fame career to a thunderous ovation from the Toronto crowd. The 41-year-old gave the Blue Jays all he could during this Game 7 start, allowing one run on four hits while striking out three over 4 1/3 innings. Louis Varland, the Blue Jays' workhorse, took over for his 15th appearance of these playoffs - a new record for a single postseason - and got out of a jam to keep Toronto's two-run lead intact.

4th inning: This World Series has had it all, and now we've got the benches clearing. Andrés Giménez takes exception to three fastballs up and in and exchanges words with Justin Wrobleski after he's eventually hit on the hand by a pitch. Wrobleski, after using some colorful language during the heated exchange, clearly tells Giménez that he "wasn't trying" to plunk him, but emotions are high nonetheless. Both benches are warned, and now the two teams need to keep their emotions in check for the rest of the game as they look to win a championship.

4th inning: John Schneider showed enormous - and probably too much - faith in Max Scherzer, and gets bailed out by two incredible defensive plays from Daulton Varsho and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The Dodgers scratch across a run, but the Blue Jays have to feel like they got away with one there. Getting 12 outs from Scherzer is huge for Schneider in how he plans to navigate the rest of this game. With Seranthony Dominguez warm, it's time to go to someone else to start the fifth. Still, huge credit to Scherzer for another gutsy postseason performance.

3rd inning: What a time for Bo Bichette to connect on his first postseason home run. After struggling to run the bases in the second inning, Bichette made life much easier on himself by connecting on a three-run home run that ended Shohei Ohtani's night. There's no denying Ohtani's superstardom, but he is human, and he looked every bit of it tonight. He allows three runs off five hits and two walks over 2 1/3 innings. It's Ohtani's shortest start since July 30 when he was still recovering from Tommy John surgery. Ohtani coming out of the game as the pitcher might actually benefit the Dodgers though, as now he only needs to focus on his at-bats.

3rd inning: Max Scherzer is giving the Blue Jays everything he has left. The 41-year-old's recorded nine big outs on 28 pitches, and has retired the last nine hitters after allowing a single to Shohei Ohtani to lead off the game. We'll see how deep into the game John Schneider allows Scherzer with the lineup turned over, but every out is critical. The bullpen is quiet for now.

Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani comes out of the dugout to loud boos with only 20 seconds left on the clock, but is afforded some extra time to get ready. For as talented as Ohtani is, this has to be taxing on his body. There's been a lot of long innings already, and now the lineup turns over. The Blue Jays need to gain some momentum before Dave Roberts goes to his 'pen.

2nd inning: Bo Bichette is really limited by his knee. Twice in the inning he fails to pick up an extra bag and it costs the Blue Jays a run. Bichette's bat remains vital to the lineup - even if he's compromised physically - but the Blue Jays will likely need to run for him later in the game if the score is close. Toronto keeps lacking the big hit and strands the bases loaded. This comes after they went 1-for-9 with RISP in Game 6.

2nd inning: Blue Jays manager John Schneider had an extended conversation with home plate umpire Jordan Baker before the bottom of the second, after which the umps converged. It's unclear what the meeting was about, but there's a good chance it was related to Shohei Ohtani taking too long to get to the mound. Before the bottom of the first, Ohtani - who was on base in the top half of the inning - only took the mound with 40 seconds left on the clock, and umpires allowed him extra time to warm up.

Per the pitch clock rules, umpires are allowed to add warmup time in "special circumstances," such as a catcher needing extra time to put on his gear. Still, it's a bit curious as to why Ohtani was given the extra grace period. If that's what Schneider was arguing, he may have a fair point.

1st inning: Shohei Ohtani isn't especially sharp, but the Blue Jays bail him out with some more bad baserunning. George Springer is easily thrown out at second base after appearing to think Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drew a walk. It's the second time this has happened this series. Just puzzling stuff.

1st inning: The first inning has been Max Scherzer's Achilles heel all season long, but he made it through unscathed here. Scherzer worked around a Shohei Ohtani leadoff single to hold the Dodgers scoreless in the top half. Though he didn't record a strikeout, his fastball averaged 95 mph which is a good sign. Scherzer also got some help from Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who made a tremendous diving play to steal a base hit from Will Smith.

Pregame: Expect Shohei Ohtani to throw as long as he's effective. Tom Verducci of Fox Sports reports that there's no pitch count or innings limit on the right-hander - even with him pitching on three days' rest. Ohtani threw a season-high 100 pitches in the NLCS on Oct. 17, and threw 93 pitches in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday.

Lineups: The Dodgers are deploying the same personnel as in Game 6 but with a few minor tweaks. Dave Roberts flipped Max Muncy and Teoscar Hernández, as well as Tommy Edman and Kiké Hernández.

John Schneider flipped Addison Barger and Daulton Varsho in the order for Game 7. Barger is 10-for-21 (.476) in the World Series, while Varsho is 5-for-26 (.192). Varsho's also 0-for-7 with RISP over the first six games of the series.

Pregame: The Dodgers will throw Shohei Ohtani on three days' rest to open Game 7. It's just the second time in Ohtani's career that he'll pitch on short rest, and first time as a Dodger. Expect Dave Roberts to get as many outs as he can from Ohtani before handing the ball to either Blake Snell or Tyler Glasnow.

Roberts even hinted that Game 6 starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto could be available.

"He said that if he feels good (playing catch pregame), he is definitely interested," Roberts said.

Pregame: Max Scherzer gets the start for the Blue Jays in what might be the final outing of his incredible career. Scherzer will become the fifth pitcher in MLB history to start multiple World Series Game 7s after having started the decisive game for the Washington Nationals in 2019. The 41-year-old started Game 3 of this year's series and allowed three runs over 4 1/3 innings.

"I walked past him last night after the game and it looked like he was ready to kill somebody," Schneider said of Scherzer. "So that's kind of where he's at. So you trust him to be ready for this environment."

Schneider said that likely every pitcher will be available other than Kevin Gausman. Trey Yesavage will feature into Game 7 at some point.

"I'm going to try to give him a clean inning," Schneider said pregame of Yesavage. "I'm not sure it's going to happen, with anyone really tonight, but that would be ideal. I think whenever a guy is used to starting an inning, you kind of want to do that with him, but I think he understands that that may not happen tonight."

Pregame: Welcome to Game 7. It's the 45th time the World Series will feature a Game 7, and the first since 2019. The Dodgers are looking to become the first back-to-back champions since the New York Yankees won three straight titles from 1998-2000, and the first NL team to repeat since the 1975-76 Cincinnati Reds. The Blue Jays, meanwhile, are seeking their first World Series title since 1993.