Schedule and 2025 Results
Regular Season Records: Toronto 94-68, Los Angeles Dodgers 93-69
Game 1 on Friday, 24 October: Los Angeles Dodgers lose at Toronto, 11-runs-4
Game 2 on Saturday, 25 October: Los Angeles Dodgers win at Toronto, 5-runs-1
Game 3 on Monday, 27 October: Toronto loses at Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-runs-5 (18 innings)
Game 4 on Tuesday, 28 October: Toronto wins at Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-runs-2
Game 5 on Wednesday, 29 October: Toronto wins at Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-runs-1
Game 6 on Friday, 31 October: Los Angeles Dodgers win at Toronto, 3-runs-1
Game 7 on Saturday, 01 November: Los Angeles Dodgers win at Toronto, 5-runs-4 (11 innings)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Los Angeles Dodgers visited and defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-runs-4(11 innings) to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1616 victory. With the series 1616 win, the Los Angeles Dodgers improve their best-of-7 MLB playoff series record to 14-12 overall and 8-6 in the Finals round. With the series 1616 loss, the Toronto Blue Jays see their best-of-7 MLB playoff series record fall to 5-6 overall and 2-1 in the Finals round. The win order for the victorious Los Angeles Dodgers in series 1616 was LWWLLWW: Series 1616 thus becomes the fourth MLB Finals-round series, the fifth MLB series (all rounds), and the 20th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The visiting Los Angeles Dodgers trailed their host Toronto Blue Jays by three runs after three full innings: In the history of best-of-7 MLB playoff games prior to series 1616 Game 7, road teams trailing by three runs after three full innings had a game record of only 7-63 (.100). The visiting Dodgers trailed their host Blue Jays by two runs after 4.5 innings: In the history of best-of-7 MLB playoff games prior to series 1616 Game 7, road teams trailing by two runs after 4.5 innings had a game record of only 10-70 (.125). The visiting Dodgers trailed their host Blue Jays by two runs after 6.5 innings: In the history of best-of-7 MLB playoff games prior to series 1616 Game 7, road teams trailing by two runs after 6.5 innings had a game record of only 13-106 (.109). The Los Angeles Dodgers in series 1616 become the ninth MLB team to win a best-of-7 MLB Finals series by winning Games 6-7 on the road, and the first to do so since series 1418 (in which the Washington Nationals defeated the Astros in Houston to win the 2019 MLB Finals). After series 1616, home teams now have an active five-Game 7 losing streak in best-of-7 MLB Finals with the Blue Jays Game 7 loss in Toronto.

After Game 6: The Los Angeles Dodgers visited and defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-runs-1 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1616 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Toronto Blue Jays have a Game 7 record of 1-1, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have a Game 7 record of 4-1. In Toronto, the Blue Jays have a 1-1 Game 7 record, having lost to the visiting Kansas City Royals in series 456 Game 7 (in the 1985 American League Championship Series), and having defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners in series 1614 Game 7 (in the 2025 American League Championship Series). On the road, the Los Angeles Dodgers have a 2-0 Game 7 record, with visiting victories in series 172 over the Twins in Minnesota in the 1965 World Series, and in series 1384 over the Brewers in Milwaukee in the 2018 National League Championship Series. In best-of-7 MLB Finals history, teams with a WLLWWL @ HHVVVH win-site order (such as the Toronto Blue Jays after six games of series 1616) have a 2-1 Game 7 record, with home victories in 1960 (series 137, by the Pirates in Pittsburgh over the visiting New York Yankees) and 1964 (series 165, by the Cardinals in St. Louis over the visiting New York Yankees) and a home loss in 1926 (series 19, by the Yankees in New York to the visiting St. Louis Cardinals). Irrespective of Games 1-6, home teams in best-of-7 MLB playoff series have a 33-29 (.532) Game 7 record overall, and a 19-21 (.475) Game 7 record in the World Series with an active four-Game 7 losing streak (with the home Game 7 losses by the Royals in Kansas City in 2014, the old Indians in Cleveland in 2016, the Dodgers in Los Angeles in 2017, and the Astros in Houston in 2019).

After Game 5: The Toronto Blue Jays visited and defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-runs-1 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1616 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Toronto Blue Jays have a series record of 4-1 (with an active four-series winning streak) and a Game 6 record of 4-1 (with an active four-Game 6 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers have a series record of 1-7 and a Game 6 record of 2-6. Trailing a best-of-7 MLB playoff series 3-games-2, the Los Angeles Dodgers achieved their sole series victory in series 1450, over the Atlanta Braves in the 2020 National League Championship Series. In best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, teams posting a WLLWW @ HHVVV win-site order (as the Toronto Blue Jays have through five games of series 1616) have an active five-series winning streak and an active five-Game 6 winning streak. In best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, teams which post a LWWLL @ VVHHH win-site order (such as the Los Angeles Dodgers) but win Games 6-7 on the road were the St. Louis Cardinals in series 19 (in New York over the Yankees in the 1926 World Series) and the Atlanta Braves in series 599 (in Pittsburgh over the Pirates in the 1991 National League Championship Series).

After Game 4: The Toronto Blue Jays visited and bested the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-runs-2 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1616 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Toronto Blue Jays have a series record of 2-0 and a Game 5 record of 1-1, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have a series record of 5-4 and a Game 5 record of 5-4. Tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB playoff series (as the Los Angeles Dodgers are after series 1616 Game 4), the Los Angeles Dodgers have seen their Game 5 outcome presage their series outcome in all nine of their previous such series (five wins; four losses).

After Game 3: The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted and defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-runs-5 (18 innings) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1616 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Los Angeles Dodgers have a series record of 4-3 and a Game 4 record of 3-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Toronto Blue Jays have a series record of 1-3 and a Game 4 record of 1-3 (with their Game 4 outcome presaging their series outcome in all four instances). Series 1616 Game 3 ties series 1385 Game 3 (in which the Dodgers in Los Angeles defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-runs-2 in the 2018 World Series) for the longest best-of-7 MLB playoff game (all rounds) in terms of most innings played. In terms of base-out-runs states, the 158 in series 1616 Game 3 obliterated the previous high for a best-of-7 MLB Finals game of 135 base-out-runs states, set also by series 1385 Game 3. The last best-of-7 MLB Finals series to open with a LWW @ VVH win-site order was series 1352, in which the Houston Astros posted that win-site order en route to a seven-game series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series. With their series 1616 Game 3 victory, the Los Angeles Dodgers now have an active eight-Game 3 winning streak (irrespective of Games 1-2 outcomes) in best-of-7 MLB playoff series.

After Game 2: The Los Angeles Dodgers visited and bested the Toronto Blue Jays 5-runs-1 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1616 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Toronto Blue Jays have a series record of 3-1 and a Game 3 record of 3-1, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have a series record of 5-5 and a Game 3 record of 4-6. With their series 1616 Game 2 loss, the Toronto Blue Jays now have an active five-Game 2 losing streak in best-of-7 MLB playoff series. In best-of-7 MLB playoff series, teams such as the Toronto Blue Jays which open such a series with a win-site order of WL @ HH have an active four-series winning streak. In all four best-of-7 MLB playoff series in which the Toronto Blue Jays were tied 1-game-all, the Toronto Game 3 result presaged the Toronto series result (three wins, one loss).

After Game 1: The Toronto Blue Jays hosted and defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-runs-4 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1616 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Toronto Blue Jays have a series record of 2-1 and a Game 2 record of 2-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Los Angeles Dodgers have a series record of 6-9 and a Game 2 record of 7-8. The nine-run bottom of the series 1616 Game 1 sixth inning is the highest-scoring best-of-7 MLB Finals half-inning since the Detroit Tigers plated ten runs in the top of the third inning of 1968 World Series Game 6, against the Cardinals in St. Louis in series 201. Irrespective of Game 1 outcome, the Toronto Blue Jays bring an active four-Game 2 losing streak into series 1616. In the history of best-of-7 MLB Finals history, home teams which win Game 1 by 7+ runs have a 6-1 series record with an active five-series winning streak; the sole comeback by the trounced Game 1 visitors was by the Los Angeles Dodgers in series 130, against the Chicago White Sox in the 1959 World Series.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2025 MLB regular season, the Toronto Blue Jays finished one game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. From 1905 through the 2025 MLB Semifinals round, when MLB teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by one regular-season game, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 4-4 (.500) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1616 is the eleventh best-of-7 MLB playoff series for the Toronto Blue Jays, and the 26th for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In best-of-7 MLB playoff series, the Toronto Blue Jays have an all-rounds series record of 5-5, a Finals-round series record of 2-0, and a Game 1 record of 3-7, while the Los Angeles Dodgers have an all-rounds series record of 13-12, a Finals-round series record of 7-6, and a Game 1 record of 10-15. Series 1616 is the first best-of-7 MLB playoff series meeting between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Once before had the Toronto Blue Jays led a best-of-7 MLB playoff series opponent by one regular season game: In 1993, the Jays finished one game ahead of the Chicago White Sox, and in series 648 defeated the White Sox in six games in the 1993 American League Championship Series. In 1941, the Dodgers as the old Brooklyn Dodgers finished one game behind the New York Yankees, and lost in series 40 to the Yankees in five games in the 1941 World Series. In their last five best-of-7 MLB playoff series, the Los Angeles Dodgers have seen their Game 1 outcome presage their series outcome (four wins, one loss). The Toronto Blue Jays have lost Games 1-2 in their last three best-of-7 MLB playoff series.