More than 25 million viewers tuned in to watch the Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Toronto Blue Jays, the biggest audience for a World Series game in nearly a decade.

And that brings us to Game 7 at Rogers Centre, Dodgers-Blue Jays, the former aiming for Major League Baseball ’s first repeat championship since 2000, the latter seeking Canada’s first Commissioner’s Trophy since 1993.

Shohei Ohtani needed extra time before taking the mound in the first and third innings Saturday in Toronto, and John Schneider appeared to have questions.

In the top of the sixth inning, the Dodgers got two runners on with no out. Teoscar Hernández hit a comebacker to Blue Jays reliever Chris Bassitt, who went to second to get a force out in hopes of turning a double play. This put a runner on third with one out and the Dodgers followed with a sac fly. What if Bassitt cut down the lead runner?

Managers John Schneider and Dave Roberts announced their starting lineups for Game 7 of the 2025 World Series on Nov. 1, a winner-take-all showdown that will determine Major League Baseball's champion.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will consider using Shohei Ohtani as an opener or even as an outfielder in Game 7 if Los Angeles forces the World Series against Toronto to the limit. The two-way star threw 93 pitches in Wednesday's 6-2 loss in Game 4 and could be available as a reliever this weekend in Toronto.

Canadians rallied around the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday ahead of a Major League Baseball game that could produce the country's first World Series victory in more than three decades, in a fraught political and economic climate.