World Series highlights: Blue Jays even up World Series with 6-2 win over Dodgers in Game 4

Tue Oct 28 • Dodger Stadium

Game 4 • Series tied 2-2

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10/28/25 23:37

Blue Jays win quiets a roaring Dodger Stadium

- Rachel Brady

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After a huge seventh inning, the Dodger Stadium sellout crowd of 52,552 quieted — in sharp contrast to the ear-splitting cheering of the previous night.

Inside the stadium, which is carved into the side of Chavez Ravine, the club flexes its star power at every opportunity. The Dodgers have Hollywood-heavy hype videos featuring celebs like Ice Cube. The video board regularly highlights famous faces in attendance, from Brad Pitt to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. But that bravado was nowhere to be found at the tail end of tonight’s game.

The Dodgers put some men on base and threatened a comeback in the bottom of the ninth. Tommy Edman grounded out, but brought home Teoscar Hernández. Then the Jays shut it down.

10/28/25 23:07

Blue Jays tie the World Series 2-2

- Jamie Ross

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Blue Jays even the series with a decisive 6-2 win. They’ll play Game 5 in Los Angeles tomorrow, and then Game 6 back in Toronto on Friday. If necessary, Game 7 will also be played at Rogers Centre.

The Dodgers showed signs of life in the bottom of the ninth. Down 6-1, Teoscar Hernandez drew a walk to start the inning. He was promptly moved to second on a double by Max Muncy, giving L.A. two runners in scoring position. After a mound visit from Blue Jays pitching coach Pete Walker, reliever Louis Varland got Tommy Edman to ground out. Hernandez scored to make it 6-2.

10/28/25 22:55

Fans report Sportsnet+ streaming issues as Jays lead Dodgers in 9th inning

- Simon Houpt

Social media users reported that Sportsnet+ crashed Tuesday night around 10 p.m. ET just as the Toronto Blue Jays were racking up runs in Game 4 of their World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Several angry Blue Jays fans posted error messages from the app, venting their frustration and noting that Rogers Sports & Media had instituted a price hike in the summer of up to 30 per cent for the sports streaming service.

The company made the game available free on its website, sportsnet.ca. The game is also available on Rogers Sports & Media’s CityTV channel, as well as the Fox broadcast channel.

10/28/25 22:30

Blue Jays score 4 runs at the top of the seventh, Ohtani comes off the mound

- Paul Attfield

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With Shohei Ohtani (the pitcher) out of the game, the Blue Jays jumped all over the Dodgers’ bullpen in the seventh inning, tacking on four runs to push their lead out to 6-1.

With Daulton Varsho and Ernie Clement aboard, Andres Gimenez singled to cash in Varsho and move the lead to 3-1.

Then Ty France, pinch-hitting for Nathan Lukes, grounded out, allowing Clement to score. The Dodgers then walked Vladimir Guerrero Jr. intentionally, allowing Bo Bichette the opportunity to single to left field to add another.

Addison Barger then singled to the same spot to bring Guerrero home to push the score to 6-1.

10/28/25 22:10

Bieber gives Jays what they need, keeps Ohtani in check

-Paul Attfield

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With the Blue Jays facing an almost must-win game, Shane Bieber gave his team exactly what it needed. With Toronto banged up, missing George Springer and exhausted following Monday’s 18-inning marathon, the right-hander lasted 5 1/3 innings, holding the Dodgers to four hits and just one run, exiting the game with the Blue Jays up 2-1.

The veteran pitcher also kept Shohei Ohtani firmly in check, ending the star’s World Series-record on-base streak of 11 consecutive plate appearances, and striking him out twice in two at-bats, while walking him in the first inning.

10/28/25 21:52

Record Canadian and Japanese viewership for World Series, while U.S. drops

-The Associated Press

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MLB said there were a combined 32.6 million viewers for the World Series opener from the U.S., Canada and Japan, the highest numbers since the Chicago Cubs’ ended their 108-year title drought by beating Cleveland in Game 7 of the 2016 Series.

In Canada, Game 1 drew 7 million viewers and Game 2 was watched by 6.6 million. The opener was also broadcast with French-language commentary on TVA Sports and drew 502,000, that network’s most-watched game.

In Japan, 11.8 million people watched the opener on NHK-G, the most-viewed World Series game in Japan televised by a single network, and Game 2 averaged 9.5 million on NHK-BS.

U.S. viewers for the first two games, meanwhile, dropped 14% from last year’s matchup between Los Angeles and the New York Yankees – 13.3 million for the opener this year, vs. 15.2 million in 2024.

10/28/25 21:20

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle make appearance at Dodger Stadium

- Paul Attfield

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In Los Angeles, Kings are usually found on the ice at Crypto.com Arena, while in baseball, Royals generally make themselves at home in Kansas City throughout the summer. However, there was a sighting of royalty at the World Series on Tuesday night, with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arriving to take in the occasion.

Despite living in Toronto for several years while filming the TV show Suits, Markle, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, showed up in a blue Dodgers cap, leaving little doubt about her allegiances. Her husband also pulled on a Dodgers cap as they settled into their front-row seats.

10/28/25 21:13

Guerrero home run puts him even closer to all-time best status

- Paul Attfield

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Vladimir Guerrero’s go-ahead home run not only put the Blue Jays on the board Tuesday night, it also took the first baseman clear of a couple of legends atop the franchise’s postseason home run board.

The 395-foot shot was Guerrero’s seventh in his career, which is one more than either Joe Carter or Jose Bautista managed in blue and white. Incidentally, Los Angeles was also where his father Vladimir Guerrero Sr. hit his final playoff home run, though that happened across town 16 years ago, when he was playing for the Angels.

10/28/25 20:58

Blue Jays get ahead with 2-run homer by Guerrero

- Jamie Ross

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Vlad Guerrero Jr. very quickly brought the Blue Jays back into the game with a two-run home run. He took his time rounding the bases, to the discontent of Dodgers fans. 2-1 Blue Jays.

10/28/25 20:52

Dodgers take lead with a sac fly by Hernandez

- Jamie Ross

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It’s loud again in Dodger Stadium.

Los Angeles scored the first run of the game when fan favourite Kiké Hernandez (the PA announcer loves saying his name, and the crowd goes nuts) cashed in Max Muncy on a sac fly. 1-0 Dodgers.

10/28/25 20:45

Trey Yesavage to pitch Game 5

- Rachel Brady

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The Blue Jays will send rookie right-hander Trey Yesavage to the mound in Game 5 on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium, his second start of the World Series and his first on the road.

Yesavage is 2-1 in his four postseason starts so far, with a 4.26 ERA. In 19 innings, he has allowed 14 hits, nine runs, walked 10 and struck out 27.

10/28/25 20:30

Ohtani walks in first appearance of Game 4

- Jamie Ross

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Blue Jays starter Shane Bieber pitched to Shohei Ohtani in the bottom of the first, to the surprise of many. Ohtani reached base a record nine times in Monday’s Game 3, including hitting two home runs.

Intentionally walking the best player in baseball seems to be the only safe path forward when he’s at the plate, but the Blue Jays rolled the dice to start the game. Ohtani ended up getting walked to first anyway.

10/28/25 20:16

How Shohei Ohtani stacks up pitching against the Jays

- Paul Attfield

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In the buildup to Game 4 of the World Series, the Sportsnet analysts have unsurprisingly been padding the legend of Dodgers pitcher/slugger Shohei Ohtani.

Madison Shipman pointed to Ohtani’s on-base-plus-slugging numbers over the past four games, which add up to the best four-game batting stretch in MLB post-season history, with his 2.661 OPS putting him well clear of the likes of David Ortiz (2.444), Lou Gehrig (2.433) and Babe Ruth (2.284).

However, if there’s any silver lining for the Blue Jays on Tuesday night, it’s that Ohtani’s batting numbers are slightly lower when he’s also pitching. His 2025 batting average drops from .287 to .222, his slugging percentage dips from .628 to .556, and his plate appearance per home run nudges up from 13.0 per homer to 15.5.

In a game of small margins, the Blue Jays should be looking everywhere for an edge.

10/28/25 20:12

Dodgers Stadium still winning when it comes to pomp and circumstance

– Cathal Kelly

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Tonight’s national anthem comparison:

O Canada - Vocally strong; a little freelancing; some Mariah Carey touches; all in all, very solid, with a lot more oomph than our national song usually gets 7/10

Star Spangled Banner - Another exceptionally strong presentation; plenty of that vocal cheese that U.S. audiences like; bonus points for costuming 8/10

No fireworks tonight. No flyovers. Cute kids in the audience not quite as cute as the night before. First pitch thrown by Orel Hershiser. Given how grand Game 3’s festivities were, a bit of a disappointment. 6/10

Still, Rogers Centre has a lot of work to do. A lotta lot of work. If anybody in the ball club knows any real stars, it’s time to give them a call. I mean, if they need Anne Murray’s number, I have it somewhere.

10/28/25 20:08

Where to watch the Blue Jays face the Dodgers tonight

– Globe staff

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Not into flying to L.A. or lining up outside the Rogers Centre? Here’s how to watch or listen to tonight’s game from home.

Whether you want to beat the World Series crowds or the crowds beat you in the Ticketmaster race, there are plenty of options to watch Game 4 tonight at home.

Canadians can watch on television on Sportsnet or CityTV, or stream it online on Sportsnet+.

And if you’re on the move or want to listen on the radio, you can tune in to CJCL/Sportsnet 590 The FAN (590 AM) in Toronto. For fans outside the GTA, find your local Blue Jays Radio Network station here.

10/28/25 20:05

The Jays should be recovered from last night’s marathon game — better than the fans, anyway

- Cathal Kelly

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Monday’s most innings ever in a World Series game wasn’t just unusual for its length. It was also played in as close as Southern California gets to autumnal conditions. It started warm, got cool and was cold by the end.

On Tuesday, the weather flipped - cresting 30C in midafternoon. When they opened the gates to Dodger Stadium, people weren’t running for the merch stand (game worn Kike Hernandez jersey for US$10,000 anyone?) or the industrial Shake Shack they keep out in right field. They were running for shade.

This stadium is essentially built in a pit on top of a mountain. The lower orders who can’t afford 80 bucks for parking have to walk up it to get in. In this weather, that’s gruesome work. A lot of very sweaty people in Dodger blue (and a not inconsiderable minority in Blue Jay blue).

Physically, they were wrecked like the rest of us. Ballgames are like beers, in that hours equal drinks. A seven-hour marathon leaves you feeling like you’ve had about two too many.

The players and coaches complained in that way that sounds like not complaining.

“I took a little sleep aid to get off my high and woke up with clarity, freshness, and excited to go tonight,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, inflection thick with irony. Everybody in the room laughed along with him, certain that Roberts has access to better sleep aids than the rest of us.

Playing 17 hours after their last game shouldn’t be too difficult for either baseball team. Players and their families live like vampires, up until all hours, then sleeping in so long it would give your mother fits to hear about it. This isn’t typical, but nor is it wildly unusual. It’s not like they’re getting body checked.

Most of them were on their way home by midnight last night - pretty typical for a ballplayer.

The ones this combo of tension and late hours is hardest on are fans, most of whom can’t really afford to stay up to 3 a.m. on a weeknight.

So if you think someone’s playing hurt tonight, it’s probably you. What a gamer you are.

10/28/25 20:00

Country star Brad Paisley says he’s ‘Mr. More Baseball’ after performance at second World Series marathon game

- The Associated Press

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Country superstar Brad Paisley made history Monday night — and this time, it wasn’t for platinum records.

The singer performed The Star Spangled Banner during the landmark World Series game that went to 18 innings, tying the record for most innings in a World Series game.

Coincidence? Paisley performed the anthem before the previous record-setting game, too. That was seven years and one day prior, when the Dodgers outlasted the Boston Red Sox, also in a Game 3.

“I should be ‘Mr. More Baseball,’” the singer joked in an interview. “There’s the new nickname.”

10/28/25 19:50

Schneider says Jays ‘feeling good’ despite ‘draining’ Game 3 and little sleep

- The Canadian Press

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Estimating he got about 4 1/2 hours sleep, Jays manager John Schneider and his team were back at it after a short turnaround for Game 4 at Dodger Stadium.

“It’s the World Series. Everyone is feeling good,” Schneider said. “They like these situations. We have responded well in these situations. In terms of a second wind, it’s just wake up and get ready to do it again.”

Schneider said Game 3 was physically and mentally draining for the players, and it was a long night for the coaching staff too.

“I was hungry, I was tired, I really wanted a beer,” he said. “It was a lot, you know what I mean? I hadn’t eaten since lunch and I was like, all right, I’ve probably (gone) through three cans of dip and it was like, ‘Damn, I’m tired.’”

10/28/25 19:41

Springer’s absence from Jays’ Game 4 lineup a reminder of how taxing baseball season can be

– Jamie Ross

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George Springer is so dinged up he’s being held together “with duct tape,” Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider said during the World Series.

First he took a fastball off the knee in the Game 5 of the ALCS, then another off the wrist in Game 2 of the World Series. Then Springer exited Monday’s Game 3 after he injured himself following through on a swing.

“Whenever this season is over, you’ll be surprised to see how much he’s grinding physically,” Schneider said. “If he’s good to go in any way shape or form, I want him in the lineup.”

It is a truism that during the playoffs, everyone is worn down and banged up, and how could they not be? Pro sports is a grind. The baseball regular season is 162 games, travelling from city-to-city across the United States (and one city in Canada) for half of a year with three or four days off a month. If you were in tech sales, that schedule would be punishing, forget professional sports.

I’m playing hurt after typing a few words while watching the seven-hour marathon Game 3 Monday night from the auxiliary press box (the left field upper deck) at Dodger Stadium. Which is why it’s hard for me to imagine how challenging it might’ve been for players on both sides to suit up again for Game 4 less than 18 hours later.

Read more about the physical toll of the season.

10/28/25 19:33

Lauer only Jays reliever ruled out for Game 4; Klein won’t pitch for Dodgers

– The Canadian Press

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Blue Jays left-hander Eric Lauer was the only reliever ruled out for Game 4, manager John Schneider said before the game.

Lauer threw 68 pitches in relief during a 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 on Monday in a matchup that lasted a whopping six hours 39 minutes - well over twice the length of a usual game.

“That was like a performance for the ages for him,” Schneider said.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts laughed before confirming that reliever Will Klein - who got the Game 3 win - wouldn’t pitch in Game 4 after throwing 72 pitches over four innings a night earlier.

“I would say he’s down today,” he said. “What a performance.”

Klein allowed one hit, two walks and had five strikeouts.

“I think I’m still on the adrenalin rush,” he said Tuesday. “I mean (I’m) definitely sore and my body is tired. But so is everyone.”

10/28/25 19:25

How Jays starter Shane Bieber matches up with the Dodgers

– Paul Attfield

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If the Blue Jays are looking for someone to steady the ship after Monday night’s 18-inning heartbreaker, they could do a lot worse than to turn to Shane Bieber.

The right-hander is back on the mound for the first time since Game 7 of the American League Championship Series, and is set to pitch his seventh career playoff game, and fourth for the Jays.

While his numbers haven’t been sparkling this post-season, going 1-0 with a 4.38 earned-run average, he has had more than his fair share of success against the current Dodgers lineup. Only Will Smith and Kike Hernandez have a batting average north of .250 against him, and he has been particularly sparkling against L.A.’s big guns.

Shohei Ohtani – if the Blue Jays follow through on their pledge not to pitch to him the rest of this series – has only two hits in 13 at-bats, while Mookie Betts is batting .111, Teoscar Hernandez .133 and Freddie Freeman has just one hit in four at-bats.

Bieber, the former Cy Young Award winner, will have to be at his sparkling best – going head to head with Ohtani the pitcher to try to get the Blue Jays back into this World Series.

10/28/25 19:16

Opinion: Win or lose, it’s heartbreak time with our Jays – try to enjoy every minute of it

- Mark Kingwell

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It breaks your heart, the late MLB commissioner Bart Giamatti said of baseball. It’s designed to break your heart. And that’s true even without a single-swing walk-off defeat in the 18th inning at almost 3 a.m.

It’s not just the much-noted prevalence of failure – the four-for-10 standard of greatness in hitting, the haunting record of career errors – it’s also the long arc of the game. As Jays fans watch in agonized hope for a World Series victory, we see the paradox of the contest itself. The more the games matter, the harder they are to watch.

This is true in all sports when it comes to postseason or championship crunch time.

But only baseball has excruciating tension baked into its essence. The long seconds before the pitcher’s wind-up; the slow sail of a long ball; all that looking and thinking and waiting. It’s made of expectation. Everything that makes baseball the ideal non-territorial sport, its contemplative longueurs and elegant geometry of effort, becomes almost unbearable when the stakes of the game are as high as they are now.

Read the full column here.

10/28/25 19:04

Canadian Ohtani fans say the star is ‘inspiring’ and ‘bigger than baseball’

– The Canadian Press

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Many consider Shohei Ohtani to be the best baseball player ever, but his fans in Canada say the Dodger’s down-to-earth, humble personality and great sense of humour distinguish him from other sports celebrities.

Jeremiah Madayag, an Ohtani and Dodgers fan who was born and raised in Toronto, said while he loves the Blue Jays, he believes Ohtani is “bigger than baseball.”

“Ohtani has been like a big inspiration,” Madayag said amid deafening cheers at the Rogers Centre.

“He’s one of a kind. I can’t say anything else,” he said, adding that Ohtani is someone who Asian kids can look up to and he hopes the athlete will be a model for his own future children.

Former teacher David Pollard began the Ohtani Canada Instagram account in 2018 when the Jays tried to recruit the superstar for the first time (he eventually chose the L.A. Angels). The account, which posts updates about the superstar, has more than 61,000 followers.

Pollard said he has met Ohtani twice. He once gave him a pair of Canadian mittens, and the second time they acknowledged each other in passing, he said.

“He is a humble celebrity in the modern world,” Pollard said.

10/28/25 18:51

Almost out of baseball in 2023, Ernie Clement has become a Jays mainstay

– Marty Klinkenberg

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At age 29, Ernie Clement is living a dream as Toronto’s third baseman. But only a couple of years ago, he was cut by two teams in a matter of months and nearly out of baseball.

The Blue Jays signed him to a minor-league contract in 2023 and he has since established himself as one of their most consistent players. He had a career-best 35 doubles and a .277 batting average during the regular season and went into Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday against the Dodgers hitting .386 in 14 playoff contests.

He has a little bit of pop – 10 total home runs this year – but his specialty is chipping away until he finds a pitch to deposit safely in the outfield. Ahead of Game 4, he had struck out just three times in 57 at-bats this postseason.

“He has always believed in himself,” said David Popkins, Toronto’s hitting coach. “He just needed someone to give him a chance. He continues to evolve and we haven’t seen the best of him yet.”

10/28/25 18:35

WATCH: Blue Jays fans sleepy after staying up for marathon Game 3

– The Canadian Press

Toronto Blue Jays fans pushed their bedtimes to watch the Blue Jays-Dodgers game, which tied the record for the most innings in World Series history.

10/28/25 18:30

No Springer on Jays lineup; slugger considered ‘hour to hour’ after Game 3 injury

– The Canadian Press, Globe staff

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George Springer won’t be starting for the Jays in Game 4, after leaving Game 3 with an injury last night.

The slugger remained available on Tuesday, his manager said before the game, but his name wasn’t on the team’s starting lineup.

Last night, Springer felt something grab in his right side in the seventh inning of a 6-5, 18-inning loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Speaking during a pre-game media availability, Blue Jays manager John Schneider had said he was considering a couple different versions of his Game 4 lineup. He wanted to give Springer - who he called ‘hour to hour’ and ‘day to day’ - some extra time to see how he was feeling.

Schneider didn’t reveal specifics from Springer’s MRI exam on Monday night. He said there were no plans to take him off the roster and that he’d either be in the lineup or on the bench.

“If he’s good to go in any way, shape or form, I want George in there,” Schneider said.

10/28/25 18:25

Here’s the Blue Jays starting lineup for Game 4

- Globe staff

The Blue Jays have unveiled their starting lineup for tonight’s matchup with the Dodgers, where Shane Bieber will start on the mound. Notably absent is George Springer, who was removed with an injury last night, and was considered “hour to hour” earlier this afternoon.

Here’s the full list of the Jays’ starting nine.

Nathan Lukes (L) LF

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 1B

Bo Bichette (R) DH

Addison Barger (L) RF

Alejandro Kirk (R) C

Daulton Varsho (L) CF

Ernie Clement (R) 3B

Andrés Giménez (L) SS

Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) 2B

10/28/25 18:10

Here’s the Dodgers starting lineup tonight against the Jays

- Globe staff

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The Los Angeles Dodgers have unveiled their starting lineup for Game 4, led by star two-way player Shohei Ohtani on the mound. Here’s the full list of the starting nine:

Shohei Ohtani (L) P

Mookie Betts (R) SS

Freddie Freeman (L) 1B

Will Smith (R) C

Teoscar Hernández (R) RF

Max Muncy (L) 3B

Tommy Edman (S) 2B

Enrique Hernández (R) LF

Andy Pages (R) CF

10/28/25 17:00

Ohtani set to make his World Series pitching debut in Game 4

- Rachel Brady

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Shohei Ohtani is lined up to take the mound for the Dodgers in tonight’s Game 4 against the Blue Jays, making his World Series pitching debut.

The Japanese superstar already has a World Series title – won in his first postseason, and in the first year of his record-breaking contract with the Dodgers. But Ohtani didn’t pitch during that 2024 championship run.

So his World Series start, before a home crowd at Dodger Stadium, will be a special one.

Especially since it comes on the heels of arguably the most dominant MLB postseason performance ever, during Game 4 of the National League Championship Series – a game that helped the Dodgers clinch their second straight trip to the Fall Classic.

Read the full story here.

10/28/25 16:50

Game 4 begins less than 18 hours after end of historic Game 3

– Globe staff

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If it was hard getting out of bed for work this morning after staying up to watch nine extra innings of Jays and Dodgers World Series baseball, imagine how the players are feeling about getting back on the field.

Game 3’s 18 innings tied the record for the most played in a World Series game, with the game time lasting six hours and 39 minutes. Freddie Freeman hit the walk-off solo home run for L.A. just before 3 a.m. E.T., about 17 hours before both teams are set to take the field again at 8 p.m.

Hopefully Game 4 will help wake us all up. If not, be sure to set your alarm before you give in to the siren calls of a pre-game nap.

10/28/25 16:40

Jays plan to walk white-hot Ohtani for rest of World Series

– The Associated Press

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After watching Shohei Ohtani baffle their pitching staff during Game 3, the Toronto Blue Jays have made a bold decision: they are done pitching to baseball’s biggest star.

Blue Jays manager John Schneider did not mince words after the Dodgers prevailed 6-5 on Monday in an 18-inning classic during which Ohtani smacked two doubles and two home runs in his first four at-bats.

“He had a great game, he’s a great player, but I think after that, you just kind of take the bat out of his hands,” Schneider said after the Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the series.

When asked if walking Ohtani for the remainder of the World Series would be the plan, Schneider’s response was blunt: “Yeah.”

10/28/25 16:25

Opinion: Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers mystique take the lead at the World Series

- Cathal Kelly

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I suppose there must be more devastating ways to lose a World Series game than to hand it over to your bullpen goat after 16 innings so that he can give up the walkoff home run, but I can’t think of any.

It’s hard to pity any professional athlete – it is their function to provide us with the agony as well the ecstasy – but it is hard not to feel a little for Jays reliever Brendon Little.

He looked good in the 17th inning. Then he looked like himself in the next. A Freddie Freeman solo shot to straightaway centre sealed it off. The Jays now trail the Dodgers 2-1 in the World Series, though it looks and feels like more.

If the Toronto Blue Jays go on to lose this World Series, one of the reasons will be that they could not accept what they were up against.

The Dodgers are stacked with great human talent, and they also have Shohei Ohtani. He is apparently a homo sapien, though you wouldn’t know it by watching him swing a bat.

On Monday, Ohtani played the Blue Jays. Just Ohtani.

Read the full column here.

10/28/25 13:30

The full World Series schedule and game start times

- Globe staff

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Set your alarms, baseball fans! The Game 3 made for a very late night (or early morning, depending on your perspective) and the World Series could deliver at least a couple more this week. Here’s a look at the rest of the schedule as the Blue Jays and Dodgers continue to battle it out, taking the field tonight less than 18 hours after that marathon Game 3 ended:

• Game 4 – Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. ET in Los Angeles
• Game 5 – Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. ET in Los Angeles
• Game 6 – Friday, Oct. 31 at 8 p.m. ET in Toronto (if necessary)
• Game 7 – Saturday, Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. ET in Toronto (if necessary)

10/28/25 13:30

The Dodgers’ official World Series roster

- Globe staff

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Los Angeles announced its full 26-man lineup for the World Series on Friday. Here’s a full list of the players that made the cut.

Pitchers:

• Anthony Banda
• Jack Dreyer
• Tyler Glasnow
• Edgardo Henriquez
• Clayton Kershaw
• Will Klein
• Roki Sasaki
• Emmet Sheehan
• Blake Snell (starting game 1)
• Blake Treinen
• Justin Wrobleski
• Yoshinobu Yamamoto
• Shohei Ohtani (also a designated hitter)

Infielders:

• Mookie Betts
• Freddie Freeman
• Max Muney
• Miguel Rojas

Outfielders:

• Alex Call
• Justin Dean
• Teoscar Hernández
• Andy Pages

In and outfielders:

• Tommy Edman
• Kiké Hernández
• Hyeseong Kim

Catchers:

• Ben Rortvedt
• Will Smith

10/28/25 13:30

The Blue Jays’ official World Series roster

- Globe Staff

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Toronto announced its 26-player lineup for the World Series against the L.A. Dodgers on Friday. Here are all the players who made it.

Pitchers:

• Chris Bassit
• Shane Bieber
• Seranthony Domínguez
• Braydon Fisher
• Mason Fluharty
• Kevin Gausman
• Jeff Hoffman
• Eric Lauer
• Brendon Little
• Max Scherzer
• Louis Varland
• Trey Yesavage (starting Game 1)

Infielders:

• Addison Barger
• Bo Bichette
• Ernie Clement
• Ty France
• Andrés Giminéz
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefah

Outfielders:

• Nathan Lukes
• Davis Schneider
• George Springer
• Myles Straw
• Daulton Varsho

Catchers:

• Tyler Heineman
• Alejandro Kirk