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Miguel Rojas\u2019 wife knew the Dodgers veteran would come up big with the season on the line.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on\u00a0the Dodgers\u2019 wild 5-4 win over the Blue Jays\u00a0in Game 7 of the World Series, manager Dave Roberts revealed postgame early Sunday that Rojas\u2019 biggest supporter, wife Mariana, spoke his game-tying homer at the top of the ninth into existence.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what\u2019s funny? I just heard a story just before I came on set, his wife told him he was going to hit a home run in the World Series, and he wasn\u2019t even playing. And she kept telling him, \u2018Miguel, you\u2019re going to hit a home run,\u2019 and he\u2019s like, \u2018Babe, I\u2019m not even playing,\u2019 yesterday played, didn\u2019t hit a homer. Today she told him, \u2018Miguel, you\u2019re going to hit a home run today,\u2019 and sure enough,\u201d Roberts shared on Fox.<\/p>\n

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Miguel Rojas with his family.Entering Saturday\u2019s must-win contest at the Rogers Centre, the 36-year-old Rojas was hitless this series across five at-bats.<\/p>\n

That all changed in the ninth, when Rojas, the No. 9 hitter, crushed a home run against Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman to even the score at 4-4.<\/p>\n

His heroics only continued from there, when Rojas fired the ball home in the bottom of the ninth\u00a0to stop Isiah Kiner-Falefa\u00a0from scoring\u00a0what could have been the game-sealing and World Series-winning run as catcher Will Smith narrowly got his foot down on the plate.<\/p>\n

Rojas, in his second stint with the Dodgers after beginning his career with the club in 2014, said he \u201cnever walked to the plate thinking about hitting a home run in that situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Miguel Rojas hits a home run against the Blue Jays in the top of the ninth inning of Game 7 of the World Series on Nov. 1, 2025.<\/p>\n

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The Dodgers went on to win their second straight World Series.<\/p>\n

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to stay up the middle, try to hit a fastball. I definitely chased on the first one. I tried to lock it in and be on the fastball after that, let the ball travel a little bit more. \u2026 When he hung me the slider, I just put a good swing on it,\u201d\u00a0he said, according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n

For the Dodgers, specifically star first baseman Freddie Freeman, there was no one more deserving of the moment than Rojas.\u201cMiguel\u2019s been grinding, just doing whatever he could to help this team win. To come up with that moment when you\u2019re 36 years old and says he\u2019s going to retire after next season, to have that moment in the World Series in Game 7, just absolutely incredible. It saved our year,\u201d\u00a0Freeman said, per MLB.com.<\/p>\n

Rojas, an impending free agent, said he is looking to retire after the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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