""Using championship win probability added (cWPA), nine plays swung the World Series by at least 15% - two more than the previous record of seven during Game 7 in 1924. "By that measure, we witnessed three of the 12 most pivotal plays in baseball history (Alejandro Kirk's double play to end the game, Will Smith's game-winning home run, Miguel Rojas' tying home run). You could watch every game played for the next 100 years and never see another one like it.""
"The scoring was opened up by a three-run shot by Bo Bichette, who hit a bomb off Shohei Ohtani, stepping on the mound after three days' rest. It was a crushing blow in the third inning, but in the fourth and sixth innings, the Dodgers managed to score a run each on sacrifice flies, leaving runs on the table, which seemed costly at the time."
Game 7 of the 2025 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays was a dramatic, decisive contest that determined the champion on November 1st. Fifty-one million people watched, and nine plays swung the Series by at least 15% using championship win probability added (cWPA), surpassing the previous record from 1924. Key moments included Alejandro Kirk's double play to end the game, Will Smith's game-winning home run, and Miguel Rojas' tying home run. Bo Bichette opened scoring with a three-run homer off Shohei Ohtani, while the Dodgers scored on sacrifice flies and Andres Gimenez hit an RBI double off Tyler Glasnow. Starters pitched on short rest, lineup and in-game moves shaped the late twists that ultimately decided the title.
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