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Thanks to a dramatic game ending double-play executed by Kike Hernandez and Miguel Rojas in Game 6, the L.A. Dodgers find themselves playing in the 45th Game 7 in World Series history at the Rogers Centre in Toronto tonight.
Max Scherzer will take to the mound for a second time in this series to face a familiar foe: Shohei Ohtani who was given the nod to start for the Dodgers.
• Tonight marks the 18th World Series game to be played in November, with AL teams going 9-8 in the previous 17 matchups.
• The Blue Jays are making their third appearance in the World Series after winning consecutive titles in 1992-93.
• Overall, Toronto and Los Angeles have met 30 times in the regular season, with the Dodgers winning their first matchup, 2-1, on June 18, 2002.
• Since MLB introduced its balanced schedule in 2023, the Blue Jays are 5-4 over the Dodgers, winning four of the last six matchups by taking two games of both three-game series in 2024 and 2025.
• The Dodgers are 10-5 at the Rogers Centre in the regular season, with Toronto winning the first matchup in Canada between the clubs on June 8, 2004 by a score of 7-1. Los Angeles leads the overall head-to-head, outdoing Toronto with a 19-11 record since 2002.
• Game 7 of the 2025 World Series will take place tonight at the Rogers Centre, marking the 45th Game 7 in World Series history and the 41st winner-take-all game in the Fall Classic.
• The Dodgers are 5-5 all-time in Game 7 of a Postseason Series, including 5-4 in Game 7 of a best-of-seven series overall, and 2-5 in Game 7 of the World Series.
• Los Angeles’ eight World Series Game 7s are the third-most of any franchise, trailing the Yankees (12) and Cardinals (11).
• The Dodgers played Game 7 in 1920, losing 3-0 in Cleveland in a best-of-nine series. The victory marked Cleveland’s fifth of the matchup to clinch the World Series.
• The Blue Jays are 1-1 all-time in Game 7 of a Postseason series, winning the 2025 ALCS over the Mariners and losing the 1985 ALCS to the Royals.
• Toronto is 3-1 all-time in winner-take-all Postseason contests, winning the 2016 Wild Card Game over the Orioles in 11 innings, and the 2015 ALDS over the Rangers.
• Los Angeles is attempting to become the ninth club to win Games 6 and 7 on the road in a best-of-seven World Series, joining the 2019 Nationals, 2016 Cubs, 1979 Pirates, 1968 Tigers, 1958 Giants, 1952 Yankees, 1934 Cardinals, and the 1926 Cardinals.
• The Blue Jays are seeking to bounce back from a Game 6 loss, and become the first team since the 2017 Astros to lose Game 6 of the World Series but win Game 7.
• The last home team to win a winner-take-all World Series game was the Cardinals in 2011.
• Tonight’s starting pitcher, Max Scherzer has made two starts this Postseason, allowing five runs on eight hits with five walks and eight strikeouts.
• Scherzer started Game 4 of the ALCS against Seattle and Game 3 of the World Series against Los Angeles.
• Scherzer will face Los Angeles for the 25th time in his career and the third time this season after previously facing them in August and in Game 3 of the World Series.
• He has faced the Dodgers as a member of the Diamondbacks, Tigers, Nationals, Mets and Blue Jays.
• Is 5-6 with a 2.38 ERA in 17 starts and two relief appearances in the regular season…is 1-1 with a 3.33 ERA across four starts and one relief appearance in the Postseason.
• Mad Max went 3-1 with a 4.68 ERA across 10 starts at the Rogers Centre this year.
• With his Game 3 start, Scherzer became the seventh pitcher aged 41-or-over to make a start in the World Series, and the first pitcher to do so since 45-year-old Jamie Moyer started Game 3 of the 2008 World Series as a member of the Phillies.
• Scherzer will make his 33rd Postseason appearance (28th start) in Game 7.
• Among active pitchers, only Clayton Kershaw (40 appearances, 32 starts) and Justin Verlander (38 appearances, 37 starts) have appeared more in the Postseason.
• Among all active pitchers, Scherzer has made a Postseason appearance on the most teams, appearing with the Tigers, Dodgers, Mets, Rangers, Nationals and Blue Jays.
• Following his World Series appearances in 2013 with Detroit, 2019 with Washington and 2023 with Texas, Scherzer is the second player ever, and first pitcher, to appear on a World Series roster with four different clubs.
• With his game 7 start, Scherzer will surpass Hall of Famer John Smoltz for sole possession of seventh-most career starts in the Postseason with 28.
• This Postseason, Scherzer surpassed Roger Clemens (173) for fifth-most career Postseason strikeouts with 179.
• If Scherzer records four strikeouts in Game 7, he will tie Andy Pettitte for fourth-most on the all-time list and trail only Hall of Famer John Smoltz (199); Clayton Kershaw (213) and Justin Verlander (244).
• Tonight, will mark the second time he will start Game 7 of the World Series after also starting Game 7 in 2019 for the Nationals.
• Shohei Ohtani made his first career Postseason start in Game 1 of the NLDS against Philadelphia, started game 4 of the NLCS against Milwaukee, and Game 4 of the World Series against Toronto.
• He will face Toronto for the fifth time in his career after previously facing them three times as a member of the Angels from 2021-22 and in Game 4 of the World Series.
• Is 2-1 in three starts, pitching to a 3.32 ERA, allowing seven runs on seven hits with five walks over 19.0 innings in the regular season.
• Ohtani became the 10th Japanese-born player to take the mound for the Dodgers in franchise history.
Ohtani is the only player in history to record 19-or more strikeouts and allow less than five hits in his first two career Postseason start.
• With his Game 7 start, Ohtani will join Yu Darvish as the only Japanese-born pitchers in Baseball history to start Game 7 of the World Series.
• The Blue Jays have scored 101 runs in their 16 Postseason games, tying the 2002 Angels (101 R in 16 G) and the 2020 Dodgers (101 R in 18 G) for the most ever in a single Postseason.
• With a single in the fifth inning of Game 6, Ernie Clement extended his hitting streak to 12 games, marking the longest hitting streak of the 2025 Postseason.
• Clement has hit safely in 15 of his 17 contests this Postseason, batting .397 (27-for-68) with five doubles, a triple, a homer, nine RBI, a walk, 12 runs scored, a .403 on-base percentage, a .544 slugging percentage and a .947 OPS.
• Ohtani’s eight home runs are tied for the most by a Dodger in a single Postseason matching Corey Seager (8 HR in 2020).
• Ohtani’s 11 career Postseason homers are tied with Hall of Famer Duke Snider for fourth-most in Dodgers’ Postseason history, trailing only Max Muncy (15 HR); Corey Seager (13 HR); and Justin Turner (13 HR).
Compiled by Bill Lucey
Source: MLB Press Office
November 1, 2025
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