The Los Angeles Dodgers had a blessed World Series run.

After an injury-riddled regular season, complete with patches of stagnant offense, the Dodgers limped towards October. The postseason started with taking out the Cincinnati Reds in a two-game Wild Card series, followed by an impressive four-game series win over the Philadelphia Phillies that ended on an error.

LA swept the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS and patiently waited to play the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series. After taking a 2-1 advantage thanks to winning an 18-inning classic to decide Game 3, the Dodgers dropped Game 4, and the series was even once again.

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, however, took matters into his own hands and asked Pope Leo XIV to pray for the Dodgers. Gomez gifted the Pope with a Shohei Ohtani jersey and a Dodgers hat.

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The Dodgers played Game 5 of the World Series on the night that Gomez posted his pictures of the Pope, but the Toronto Blue Jays prevailed, taking a 3-2 series lead back to Canada.

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Perhaps the prayers took some more time to travel back to the Dodgers, as they won Game 6, but all seemed lost for the Dodgers in Game 7 a few times.

The Blue Jays took a 4-3 lead going into the ninth inning and recorded the first out of the frame. Veteran utility man Miguel Rojas, who hadn’t recorded a hit in a calendar month, unleashed a franchise-altering home run to tie the game.

With one out and two on in the bottom of the ninth inning, Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto entered the game on zero days’ rest. After hitting a batter, the bases were loaded, and Toronto once again had two chances to clinch a championship.

Yamamoto generated a groundout that got an extremely close forceout at home, and one pitch later, generated a flyball that Kiké Hernández took a bad angle to. Despite being taken out of the starting lineup for Games 6 and 7, center fielder Andy Pages entered the game five pitches prior, and tracked down the ball to send the game into extra innings.

After exchanging zeros, All-Star catcher Will Smith pounded a solo home run with two outs in the 11th inning. The Dodgers held on in the bottom of the game despite a leadoff double, as they turned a double play to win the World Series.

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