After a complete game in Game 2 and a six-inning showing in Game 6, Yamamoto pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings to secure the Dodgers' second straight championship.

Yamamoto came in to pitch the final 2 2/3 innings for the Dodgers, one day after he threw 96 pitches and collected the win in Game 6.

Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto was named World Series Most Valuable Player on Saturday, just minutes after Los Angeles completed a comeback Game 7 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays. In the process,

Yoshinobu Yamamoto signed a contract ahead of the 2024 season worth $325 million over 12 years. From October 31 to the early hours of November 2, Yamamoto didn’t just prove to be worth that incredible contract.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is now an October legend. As a rookie, the righthander helped the Dodgers beat the Yankees in the 2024 World Series with a quality start in Game 2. But in 2025, Yamamoto took his heroics to a whole new level.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto became a Dodgers legend in the 2025 World Series – and he has an MVP award to show for it. After six spectacular innings in Game 6, Yoshinobu Yamamoto followed it up the next day with an amazing 2 2/3 innings of one-hit ball in Game 7 of the World Series, which the Dodgers won 4-3 in 11 innings.

A dynasty has to be earned, and the Los Angeles Dodgers earned it Saturday night in a Game 7 for the ages. They didn’t have a lead until past midnight in the 11th inning, but they held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 to clinch their second consecutive championship and bring an epic World Series to a fitting and monumental conclusion.

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