The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-1, in Game 6 of the World Series, forcing a winner-takes-all Game 7.
World Series Game 6 Recap
The Dodgers got off to a rough start to Game 6 of the World Series.
Blue Jays starting pitcher Kevin Gausman struck out the side to start the game and the Dodgers’ stagnant offense appeared to be continuing. Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed a hit (later turned into an error) to sneak under the glove of Max Muncy, but generated a double play to end the inning.
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Zeros were exchanged until the Dodgers struck first in the third inning. Tommy Edman got a double to start things off, and after Shohei Ohtani was intentionally walked, Will Smith brought in a run with a single. Freddie Freeman was walked to load up the bases for Mookie Betts, who was batting at the cleanup spot for the first time since 2017.
He hit a single to bring in two runs and extend the lead to 3-0.
An Addison Barger double started things off for the Blue Jays in the bottom of the frame, and after a ground out got him to third, George Springer slugged a 109.8 mph single to lower his team’s deficit to 3-1.
More zeroes were exchanged until the sixth inning, when Yamamoto allowed a double and a walk before earning his sixth strikeout of the game to get out of the inning. It would be the ace’s final inning of the night as he hit 96 pitches and was replaced by Justin Wrobleski for the seventh.
Ohtani smacked a well-hit double in the top of the eighth inning, and with Smith intentionally walked, Betts was at the dish with two on and two out. He held his own and drew a walk, loading the bases for Teoscar Hernández, who struck out to end the frame.
The Blue Jays had the top of the order to kick off the bottom of the eighth, and Dodgers closer Roki Sasaki entered the game. Springer hit a well-placed single past Freeman’s glove to get on base, and after a controversial ball that was called strike three, walked Guerrero Jr.
However, Sasaki got out of the game with a ground out, bringing the game to the ninth inning.
The Dodgers went quietly in the top of the ninth, and Sasaki came back out for the bottom of the inning after throwing 25 pitches in the eighth.
Sasaki got into immediate trouble, hitting Alejandro Kirk on an 0-2 pitch. Addison Barger then hit a double that get wedged into the center field wall, and the Blue Jays had runners on second and third with nobody out.
Tyler Glasnow then relieved Sasaki in quite the jam. He got the first out on the first pitch with a pop out to first base. Then, Kiké Hernandez got an incredible double play, and the Dodgers forced a Game 7.
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