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Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was visibly heartbroken on Saturday night following his team's gut-wrenching Game 7 loss in the World Series.
Toronto led for most of the way - including a 3-0 lead in the fourth inning - but the Dodgers clawed back as Miguel Rojas and Will Smith hit the game-tying and game-winning home runs for the visitors.
And following the loss, 'Vladdy' was seen wiping away tears in the dugout as Fox cameras caught him during the emotional moment.
The All-Star went just 1-for-5 in the game, but hit a massive double in the bottom of the 11th inning - helping Toronto ultimately get runners on first and third with just one out.
However, the Blue Jays' championship dreams ended moments later when Alejandro Kirk grounded into a double play.
The sequence gave the Dodgers a back-to-back World Series win and simultaneously ended the Blue Jays' bid for a first championship in 32 years.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was seen wiping away tears following his team's Game 7 loss
Guerrero Jr. hit a double in the bottom of the 11th inning before the Blue Jays lost
'Vladdy' starred in the World Series and throughout the postseason for Toronto
With the title - also the Dodgers' third championship in five years - they became the first repeat champion since the 1998-2000 Yankees.
Guerrero Jr. was tremendous in the postseason for the Blue Jays, as he hit .397 with eight home runs and a monstrous 1.289 OPS.
And he was impressive in the World Series as well, as he hit .333 and crushed two home runs for the AL champions.
Emotions were high throughout Saturday night, with benches and bullpens clearing when Andres Gimenez was hit on the right hand by a 96.4 mph fastball from Dodgers reliever Justin Wrobleski in the fourth.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who threw 96 pitches in the Dodgers' win on Friday, then escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth and pitched almost three innings for his third win of the series.
His teammate Shohei Ohtani, though, struggled at the mound on just three days' rest and allowed three earned runs before being taken out after 2.1 innings.
Ultimately, his blushes were spared as LA later cut into the lead with sacrifice flies from Teoscar Hernandez and Tommy Edman in the sixth, before Rojas and Smith stunned the Canada crowd with their home runs.
