It was only fitting that Game 7 of the World Series between the Blue Jays and Dodgers ended in another extra-inning thriller, but it was ultimately L.A. who emerged with baseball's biggest prize in front of thousands of heartbroken Blue Jays fans at Rogers Center.

The Blue Jays held a slim lead up until the 11th inning, when Dodgers' Will Smith crushed a homer to put his team in front, 5-4. Yoshinobu Yamamoto—who would go on to win World Series MVP—then stepped onto the mound and helped induce a game-ending double play to clinch the title for the defending champs.

Saturday's loss dealt a brutal and devastating blow to the Blue Jays, who held a 3-2 series lead entering Game 6. Blue Jays star Bo Bichette was asked about his three-run home run off Shohei Ohtani early in Game 7's loss, and what it was like to cross home plate with teammate Vladimir Guerrero Jr. waiting for him.

He answered with a sad line about what could have been for Toronto:

"I wish we could have won it together," Bichette said. "I wish we could have shared that moment together. But just to share the moment with everybody is special."

Bichette missed a large chunk of the year due to a knee injury, but he returned for the World Series going 8-for-23 with one home run and four walks against the Dodgers.

The 27-year-old is set to be a free agent this offseason but restated his intention to stay in Toronto for the foreseeable future.

"Yeah, I already said it. I want to be here, but I just lost a Game 7 so you can keep on asking me," Bichette said when probed about his MLB future on Saturday night.

Bichette's dream of winning a World Series with his longtime partner-in-crime Guerrero seems feasible enough, assuming the Blue Jays choose to keep Bichette around. Guerrero's future with the Blue Jays is already locked in after the star slugger inked a 14-year, $500 million deal earlier this year, so now it's about how much the Blue Jays can afford to pay Bichette as well as other key position players on the roster.

"Vladdy is one of my best friends. We’ve had tons of [World Series] conversations like that," Bichette said of Guerrero in February. "We’ve talked about playing together forever since he was 18 and I was 19. That’s still a goal of ours."

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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Bo Bichette Had the Saddest Line About Blue Jays’ World Series Loss.

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