The Brief

LOS ANGELES - Game 7 of the 2025 World Series is set for a winner-take-all showdown between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Saturday, Nov. 1.

What we know:

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts named Shohei Ohtani as the starting pitcher.

Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider named 41-year-old Max Scherzer as the starting pitcher at Rogers Centre.

The Dodgers slightly shuffled their lineup, with Max Muncy moving to the fifth spot and Tommy Edman to the seventh spot.

The Blue Jays made one change, swapping Addison Barger (batting fifth) and Daulton Varsho (batting seventh).

Ohtani, Scherzer to start

The backstory:

The decision to start Ohtani allows the Dodgers to use a rule adopted for the 2022 season, which permits a starting pitcher who

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