The Los Angeles Dodgers just won’t go away, and the Toronto Blue Jays are being tested to their limits in the 2025 World Series. But the Blue Jays aren’t about to let the league’s richest and deepest team sleepwalk their way into another championship.

After the Blue Jays took the lead in the fourth inning courtesy of a three-run shot from Alejandro Kirk, the Dodgers came storming back in the fifth inning, evening up the game at 4-4.

In the top of the seventh inning, the Blue Jays managed to regain the lead thanks to an incredible display of hustle from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. With two outs in the inning, Guerrero reached base on a single. Bo Bichette came up after him and also hit a single. With Guerrero sprinting all the way from first base and the Dodgers caught off guard in right field, the Blue Jays scored, taking a 5-4 lead.

Bichette is clearly not yet 100 percent when it comes to his knee, but he can still deliver at the plate. The Blue Jays’ second baseman delivered a base hit right on the foul line, befuddling Dodgers right fielder Teoscar Hernandez in the process.

Guerrero isn’t exactly someone any baseball fan would consider a speedster, but hustle made up for what he lacks in raw speed. It also helped that Hernandez didn’t track the ball cleanly and then threw wide of catcher Will Smith, forcing him out of the bag and allowing Guerrero to score safely.

Game 3 is shaping up to be perhaps the most crucial game of the series, with both teams recognizing the urgency of the situation.

The Blue Jays’ joy was short-lived, as the Dodgers evened up the game in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a Shohei Ohtani long ball. That was Ohtani’s second home run of the night, as he continues to be the most dominant player in MLB since turning it around during the NLCS.

Nonetheless, the Blue Jays remain undeterred. They continue to fight back and have already put two runners on base against the Dodgers’ bullpen in the top of the eighth. With one out, Ty France is set to face Roki Sasaki with a chance to take the lead once more for Toronto.
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