US Edition2025 World Series: Blue Jays End Season with Crushing Loss
Jeff Hoffman gave up a game-tying ninth-inning home run in Game 7, costing the Blue Jays the 2025 World Series against the Dodgers, despite his strong season performance.
- Jeff Hoffman, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher, gave up a ninth-inning home run to Miguel Rojas that tied Game 7 at Rogers Center on November 01, 2025, and Toronto lost 5-4.
- With two outs and the World Series within reach, Jeff Hoffman, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher, entered with the Jays up a run and four outs to go, and just before Miguel Rojas's at-bat, win probability stood at 91.3%.
- Bo Bichette's one-out single brought Isiah Kiner-Falefa in as a pinch-runner, and Alejandro Kirk was hit by a pitch to load the bases before Ernie Clement drove a ball with a.380 expected average.
- That result made Toronto only the seventh team to lose a potential-clinching game after leading in the ninth, as the Dodgers completed a historic comeback by winning Games 6 and 7 on the road and Will Smith hit a go-ahead homer in the 11th.
- In the Blue Jays' locker room teammates rushed to defend Jeff Hoffman, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher who said he felt he cost the team a ring, as players and staff were visibly emotional.
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Blue Jays Pitcher Jeff Hoffman in Despair Over World Series Loss: ‘I Cost Everybody’
Toronto Blue Jays closing pitcher Jeff Hoffman is in despair over the team’s World Series loss to the Dodgers on Saturday, and he is blaming himself. Hoffman says the Game 7, 5-4 loss is all his fault after he gave up a homer to Miguel Rojas with one out in the top of the ninth, tying the game and giving the Dodgers a chance to clinch it all in extra innings. With that tying run, the game went four more innings and ended, giving the Dodgers the …
Blue Jays Pitcher Jeff Hoffman in Despair Over World Series Loss: 'I Cost Everybody'
Toronto Blue Jays closing pitcher Jeff Hoffman is in despair over the team's World Series loss to the Dodgers and he is blaming himself. The post Blue Jays Pitcher Jeff Hoffman in Despair Over World Series Loss: ‘I Cost Everybody’ appeared first on Breitbart.
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