The Los Angeles Dodgers captured their second straight World Series championship with an exhilarating 5-4 Game 7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Second baseman Miguel Rojas was a critical component of the effort and kept Los Angeles in the contest when he launched a game-tying home run in the top of the ninth off Toronto closer Jeff Hoffman.

Rojas’ heroics were special to say the least, but the 36-year-old had more than pressure to contend with while he attempted to help his team. The Los Teques native was also dealing with an injury that had been reaggravated after the group’s Game 6 celebration.

“The fact that Rojas was on the field Saturday was far from a certainty earlier in the day,” wrote Jack Harris of the Los Angeles Times.

“The night before, in his first start since Game

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