Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail
TORONTO

The Los Angeles Dodgers delivered a devastating blow to the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, orchestrating a late-game comeback to steal Game 7 of the World Series, 5-4.

In a white-knuckled game the Blue Jays led for eight innings, the Dodgers got a game-tying homer from Miguel Rojas in the ninth and a game-winner from Will Smith in the 10th to deny the Jays their first title in 32 years. Instead the Dodgers have earned back-to-back World Series championships.

The Dodgers silenced a passionate Toronto crowd who had been waiting for their first World Series title since Joe Carter smacked a homer in 1993 to claim the second of back-to-back Jays championships. On Saturday, Toronto’s fans were left shocked and gut-punched, just like the team who spilled into its dugout to mourn the dream season that fell agonizingly short of taking it all.

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