‘One Game’

No fluff. The Dodgers lost Game-5 of the 2025 World Series to the Toronto Blue Jays by a lopsided score of 6-1 at friendly Dodger Stadium and must now travel to what will be a less-than-friendly Rogers Centre, where they will have to win two games to repeat as the champions of baseball. In other words, it ain’t looking too good for the real Boys in Blue.

On the first pitch of Game-5 of the annual Fall Classic – 96.6-mph four-seam fastball from Dodgers right-hander Blake Snell – Blue Jays left fielder Davis Schneider sent it 373 feet over the left wall to give Toronto a very early 1-0 lead.

But wait – there’s more.

On Snell’s third pitch of the game – a 96-mph four-seam fastball – Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., sent it 394 feet over the left field wall to make it 2-0 Toronto before the seats were even warm at The Ravine.

“I’m not one to make excuses, it’s just pretty unlucky. Only so much you can do, and that’s baseball,” was how Snell described his rocky Game-5 start.

“We’ve been in a lot of elimination games and we found a way to come together, get on the other side,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said postgame.

“We just gotta win one game. You can’t think about two, just one at a time,” Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy told reporters postgame.

While Dodger fans can certainly appreciate Muncy’s “one game” focus and mentality, the painfully brutal reality is that it is now very much a must-win-two-games series, or there will be no parade, period.

The Dodgers lone run on Wednesday came on a mammoth solo home run by baseball’s new “Mr. October” – 34-year-old Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder Kiké Hernández – on a 93.2-mph fastball from Blue Jays right-hander Trey Yesavage, which Kiké sent 407 feet and halfway up the Left Field Pavilion with one out in the bottom of the third inning.

“Time to regroup, show our character, and put up a fight. We’re capable of digging out, just like last year,” Kiké said postgame.

All of this said, and despite Muncy’s “one game” optimism, the Dodgers must travel 2,519 miles (4053.938 kilometers) following Thursday’s off day to try to win two World Series games at what will be a less-than-friendly Rogers Centre.

…but “that’s baseball,” as Blake Snell puts it.

Play Ball!

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