1993 World Series

Game 1

Curt Schilling started for Philadelphia and Juan Guzman for Toronto, but the game became a high-scoring affair. The Phillies scored first in the top of the first on RBI singles by John Kruk and Darren Daulton. Toronto tied the game in the second on a single by Paul Molitor and a groundout by Tony Fernandez. Philadelphia regained the lead in the third on a single by Kruk, but the Blue Jays tied it again on a sacrifice fly by Joe Carter.

The Phillies went ahead in the fifth on a triple by Mariano Duncan and a wild pitch, but Devon White homered to tie the game. John Olerud homered in the sixth to put Toronto ahead 5–4. In the seventh, David West relieved Schilling and allowed an RBI double to White and a two-run double to Roberto Alomar, extending Toronto's lead to 8–4. Philadelphia scored once in the ninth, but Duane Ward got the final out for an 8–5 Toronto win.

Al Leiter earned his first World Series win with 2 2/3 innings of relief. Kruk had three hits for the Phillies, and Alomar made a diving catch on a Lenny Dykstra looper in the fifth.

Aftermath

The Blue Jays became the second expansion team to win two World Series championships, following the New York Mets. Mitch Williams later placed blame on himself for the loss. Roger Angell's review in The New Yorker was titled 'Oh, What a Lovely War'. When Joe Carter appeared in the 1996 All-Star Game at Veterans Stadium, he was booed by the crowd.

The Phillies did not return to the postseason until 2007, and did not appear in another World Series until their championship season of 2008, which brought Philadelphia its first championship since the 76ers swept the 1983 NBA Finals. Pat Gillick, general manager of the Blue Jays, was general manager of the Phillies team that won the 2008 World Series. The Blue Jays did not qualify for the playoffs again until 2015, and did not return to the World Series until 2025, when they lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven games.

Toronto's 45 runs in the series were the highest total for any series-winning team in World Series history; only the series-losing 1960 New York Yankees scored more (55). The 1993 postseason was the last played under a two-division, two-round format.

Broadcasting

CBS Sports covered the World Series on television for the fourth consecutive year, with Sean McDonough as lead announcer and Tim McCarver as analyst. Pregame and postgame shows were hosted by Andrea Joyce and Pat O'Brien, with Lesley Visser and Jim Gray as field reporters. CBS Radio provided nationwide US coverage, with Vin Scully as lead announcer and Johnny Bench as analyst for the fifth and last time. In Canada, the game was heard on stations carrying the feed of CJCL-AM in Toronto, with Jerry Howarth and Tom Cheek calling the action.

Cheek's call of the Carter home run—'Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!'—became famous. Cheek never called another postseason game; he retired in 2005 and died of brain cancer. Locally in Philadelphia, the series was called on WOGL-AM by Harry Kalas, Richie Ashburn, Chris Wheeler, Andy Musser, and Garry Maddox. This was Ashburn's last World Series as a Phillies broadcaster; he died in 1997.

Game six was Johnny Bench's final CBS Radio broadcast; he was replaced by Jeff Torborg. Harry Kalas would not call another World Series until 2008; he died in 2009.

Did You Know?

• Nick Leyva, fired as Phillies manager 13 games into the 1991 season, was the Blue Jays' third base coach in the 1993 World Series.
• Toronto rapper Choclair refers to Joe Carter's walk-off home run in his 1999 song 'Let's Ride'.
• On July 29, 2015, Toronto rapper Drake released a diss track against Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill titled 'Back to Back', whose cover features a picture of Joe Carter after hitting the series-clinching home run.