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The Blue Jays are looking to even the 2025 World Series after the Dodgers’ epic Game 3 win across 18 innings last night.
Shohei Ohtani is on the mound for Los Angeles, making his first career World Series start, opposite Shane Bieber for Toronto.
George Springer is on the Blue Jays’ bench after leaving last night's game due to side tightness.
Follow below for news, updates and analysis from The Athletic’s MLB reporters on the ground at Dodger Stadium.
BREAKING: Shohei Ohtani made an out.
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▶️ Shohei Ohtani struck out. I wasn’t sure whether that was still humanly possible… | Bottom 3rd Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 1
A loud pop from the Rogers Centre watch party crowd here in Toronto as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gives the Blue Jays the lead with a 2-run homer.
Several “Let’s go Blue Jays!” chants follow!
That was the ol' "sweeper that didn't" from Ohtani to Guerrero Jr. One of my favorite turns of baseball phrase.
Especially with no George Springer, so much more is going to have to fall on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s bat. His presence has hung over every turn through Toronto's lineup this series, and that swing showed why.
Shohei Ohtani gave up one home run and four extra-base hits on the 172 sweepers he threw during the regular season. Opponents had an expected slugging percentage of .265 against the pitch — but it stands to reason most of those were well executed. That one to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. … was not. A classic hang-n-bang from one of baseball's most dangerous hitters who will have to put Toronto on his back in George Springer's absence.
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▶️ No further damage for the Blue Jays against Shohei Ohtani in that inning after a massive swing from Toronto’s superstar. Ohtani is at 42 pitches through three. | Mid 3rd Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 1
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s two-run shot snaps a 13-inning scoreless drought for Toronto, which had not scored since the top of the seventh Monday. You do the math.
Big time player with a big time swing!
That’s the first time Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has driven in anyone other than Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the past 11 games.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. just did an accidental Babe Ruth …
The Jays first baseman pointed to the outfield (to signal to Shohei Ohtani that a ball boy was grabbing a beach ball that had fallen onto the field).
Three pitches later, Guerrero launched a two-run homer to the seats.
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▶️ You can only keep Vladimir Guerrero Jr. down for so long! Shohei Ohtani hangs a sweeper and the Blue Jays superstar deposits it over the left-field wall! | Top 3rd Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 1
▶️ Good news for Shohei Ohtani: he threw a 98.4 mph fastball to Nathan Lukes, showing an uptick in velocity. Bad news: Lukes jumped on it for a one-out single. | Top 3rd Dodgers 1, Blue Jays 0
▶️ That’s three consecuitive groundouts induced by Shohei Ohtani against Toronto's 7-8-9 hitters. One out in the third. | Top 3rd Dodgers 1, Blue Jays 0
I was mildly surprised to see Andy Pages pinch-hit for in the bottom of the 12th last night with one out and Tommy Edman at third base.
Yes, Pages has had an awful postseason and as our man Fabian Ardaya reported before Game 3, Dave Roberts considered taking him out of the lineup then. But Pages has been routinely hitting deep (if routine) fly balls this series, and I wonder if in hindsight Dave Roberts would have tried to bank on a walk-off sacrifice fly from his No. 9 hitter in that spot instead of inserting Alex Call, who popped out.
L.A. eventually stranded Edman, played six more innings, and now Will Klein is a household name.
They just showed the royals on DodgerVision. They got booed.
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That’s my former Stanford teammate, Tommy Edman, helping fuel this Dodgers rally. That’s what he does! The hit tool was already so good and then once he got into pro ball and added some pop, it unlocked another level.
▶️ Just like in the extra innings last night, a lot of warning track fly balls for the Dodgers early tonight. Andy Pages sends Daulton Varsho a few steps back, but no issue for the Blue Jays center fielder to end the inning. | End 2nd Dodgers 1, Blue Jays 0
The Dodgers have scored first all four games of this World Series, and in all four games that first run has come within the game’s first two innings. Helps to play from ahead.