The Toronto Blue Jays couldn't continue building momentum in Game 2 of the 2025 World Series, falling to the Los Angeles Dodgers by the final score of 5-1 on Saturday night.

The Blue Jays will host Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 on Friday night when the World Series comes to Canada for the third time. The defending champion Dodgers swept Milwaukee in the NLCS.

The Toronto Blue Jays have forced a deciding Game 7 with their 6-2 win over the Seattle Mariners in the penultimate contest of the 2025 American League Championship Series. That outcome means that the pennant will be decided back in Toronto on Monday night with a spot in the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the line.

Canadians at The Athletic told us that communities nationwide are setting aside hockey rivalries and old Expos wounds to back the Jays.