The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in 11 innings Saturday night in Game 7 to claim their second consecutive World Series championship. Will Smith's go-ahead home run in the 11th inning capped a dramatic comeback victory at Rogers Centre.

The Dodgers became the first team since the 2000 New York Yankees to win back-to-back World Series titles. Los Angeles has now won three championships in six years.

Miguel Rojas tied the game with a solo home run in the ninth inning. Smith followed with his game-winning blast off Shane Bieber in the 11th.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto won World Series MVP after pitching on zero days' rest. The Japanese right-hander threw six innings in Game 6 before returning to record crucial outs in the ninth, 10th and 11th innings of Game 7.

"I don't think you'll ever see somebody do what Yama did tonight," said Clayton Kershaw, who retired after the game. "That was probably the most gutsy, ballsy thing any guy has ever done."

Four starting pitchers appeared for Los Angeles in Game 7. Shohei Ohtani started on three days' rest before Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell and Yamamoto followed.

The Dodgers survived with two crucial defensive moments in the ninth inning. Rojas made an off-balance throw home to retire Isiah Kiner-Falefa with the bases loaded. Andy Pages then made a diving catch on Ernie Clement's 366-foot drive to left-center field reaching for the ball over Kiké Hernandez.

Mookie Betts completed a game-ending double play in the 11th inning, fielding Alejandro Kirk's grounder and starting the 4-3 twin killing.

"This was not easy," president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said. "The season was not easy. I feel like in a lot of ways, we performed to our 30th-percentile outcome, which can happen. There've been seasons where we've performed above it, seasons where we've performed below it. But for them to find ways to win baseball games at the time it matters most I think says a lot about the character of this group."

The victory gives the Dodgers nine World Series titles, tied with the Boston Red Sox and Athletics for third-most all time.