TORONTO - A rollicking back-and-forth Game 7 had just about everything on Saturday night at Rogers Centre. The only thing missing was a victory for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Will Smith hit a tiebreaking solo homer off Shane Bieber in the 11th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers held off a Toronto rally in the bottom half for a 5-4 victory and their second straight World Series title.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who started Game 6 a night earlier, got Alejandro Kirk to ground into a game-ending double-play with runners on the corners to end it.

"It will hurt for a few days, a few weeks, when you're that close," said Blue Jays manager John Schneider.

The Blue Jays had a 4-3 lead in the ninth inning but Jeff Hoffman gave up a solo homer to Miguel Rojas. Toronto nearly responded with a walkoff but And

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