{"id":170192,"date":"2025-11-01T04:41:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/how-dodgers-stayed-alive-beat-blue-jays-in-game-6-of-world-series-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T04:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:41:18","slug":"how-dodgers-stayed-alive-beat-blue-jays-in-game-6-of-world-series-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/how-dodgers-stayed-alive-beat-blue-jays-in-game-6-of-world-series-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"How Dodgers stayed alive, beat Blue Jays in Game 6 of World Series – The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We will have a Game 7 in the World Series to decide baseball\u2019s championship after the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> beat Toronto<\/a> 3-1 tonight in Game 6.<\/strong>
Mookie Betts<\/a> <\/strong>had the big hit with a two-run single in the third inning, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a> <\/strong>pitched another gem for the Dodgers, going six innings and allowing one run and five hits. The L.A. bullpen kept the Blue Jays off the board for the final three innings.
The Blue Jays had the tying runs on second and third with no outs in the bottom of the ninth but did not score, with the game ending on a fly-ball double play.
Game 7 will be played Saturday night in Toronto.
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Dodgers hold off Blue Jays\u2019 ferocious final push to force climactic World Series Game 7
The Toronto Blue Jays were threatening to, once again, win a World Series on a walk-off. Down by 2 in the ninth inning, they put the tying run into scoring position with no outs. All they needed was someone to play the role of Joe Carter.
But that moment never game.
The Dodgers brought in Tyler Glasnow<\/strong> who got an infield popup before Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez <\/strong>flied out to left field, where Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez <\/strong>made the catch and threw to second base, doubling off Addison Barger <\/strong>to end the game.
It was a stunning finish, but perhaps a fitting one for a back-and-forth series that\u2019s been full of tension and possibility.
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Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman <\/strong>came out of the gate hot. He struck out seven of the first nine batters he faced, but a pair of doubles had led to a run, and a walk had loaded the bases when Mookie Betts<\/strong> came to the plate in the top of the third. Betts was hitting .125 without an RBI in the World Series. He was so cold at the plate, manager Dave Roberts had dropped him two spots in the lineup.
But Betts finally delivered. On a two-strike fastball, Betts lined a two-run single into left field, pushing the Dodgers lead to 3-0. It was the first time Betts had driven in a run since Game 3 of the NLCS.
Bo Bichette <\/strong>isn\u2019t lacking confidence in himself and his team heading into a winner-take-all Game 7.
💬: \u201cI thought we had a chance to pull something out. We turn our attention to tomorrow.<\/em><\/strong>
💬: \u201cI mean we show up ready to play every day. We\u2019re going to give everything we got.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>
Dodgers 3B Max Muncy<\/strong> ❌
Naw. Absolutely not. Muncy<\/strong> went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. He also booted a ball in the first inning, though he cleaned it up by turning a double play. It was not a good game. But it was a \u201cW\u201d in a must-win game. See if he cares.
Blue Jays 1B Vladimir Guerrero Jr. <\/strong>✅
Guerrero<\/strong> did not deliver that unforgettable October moment I\u2019d been imagining \u2014 not yet, anyway \u2014 but he did have a strong showing in Game 6. Guerrero doubled off Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/strong> on a pitch where he lost his legs yet still muscled the ball on one hop over the wall. He later walked, benefitting from a missed strike from the home-plate umpire, to fuel an eighth-inning rally that would fizzle, though not fault of his own.
It wasn\u2019t a complete game, but Yoshinobu Yamamoto <\/strong>was outstanding again. George Springer\u2019s<\/strong> RBI single in the third inning was the only damage he allowed, and when the Blue Jays threatened again in the sixth inning, Yamamoto used his final pitch of the night to strand two runners and keep the lead intact. His final World Series pitching line: 2 wins, 15 innings, 1 walk, 14 strikeouts, and a 1.20 ERA.
2. Attack the high fastball ✅<\/strong>
The Dodgers\u2019 first hit, a third-inning double by Tommy Edman<\/strong>, came on a high fastball. So did the two-run single by Mookie Betts<\/strong>. The Dodgers didn\u2019t swat every high fastball \u2014 Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman <\/strong>used it repeatedly to get through a 1-2-3 fourth inning \u2014 but the Dodgers did attack a couple of them to great effect, with hits off high fastballs ultimately accounting for each of their three runs.
3. Straight to Sasaki<\/strong> ❌
The idea here was to use Roki<\/strong> Sasaki<\/strong> as much as possible, and the Dodgers kind of tried that. Justin Wrobleski <\/strong>handled the seventh inning, but they had Sasaki clearly set up to pitch the final two innings. His eighth inning, though, was stressful, and manager Dave Roberts wound up calling on Tyler Glasnow<\/strong> to get out of the ninth. Sasaki wasn\u2019t at his best, but the Dodgers made it work in the end to force a Game 7.
Alex Rodriguez<\/strong> on the FS1 postgame show: "I don't care how good those plays where. They should have never happened. When you're at second base, there's no way \u2014 zero percent \u2014 you can get doubled up there. Especially with Springer<\/strong> coming up and the World Series on the line."
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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts doesn\u2018t know who he is going to start in Game 7. Yoshinobu Yamamoto <\/strong>is unavailable, but Tyler Glasnow <\/strong>and all of the other pitchers are available.
Under normal circumstances, this would seem a simple task. But Yoshinobu Yamamoto <\/strong>has been otherworldly this October, and getting him out of the game, after back-to-back complete games, was no guarantee. Yamamoto still was highly effective in Game 6, but he was pulled after six innings and 96 pitches. The Jays only managed six baserunners and one run against Yamamoto, though, and once manager Dave Roberts turned things over to the bullpen the Jays threatened \u2026 and threatened \u2026 but did not score.
2. Chase chase <\/strong>✅
It\u2019s hard to properly state how fully Kevin Gausman<\/strong> checked this box. Other than the three at-bats in the third inning that decided the game, Gausman was in complete command. He led with his best pitch, throwing the splitter 53 percent of the time in Game 6 (compared to 38 percent in the regular season) and getting 15 of his 20 whiffs on that pitch. In the early innings, the Dodgers hitters knew exactly what pitch was coming, and still couldn\u2019t hit it.
3. Find a clean exit point <\/strong>✅
Rather than push Gausman into the seventh inning, at 93 pitches, manager John Schneider gave reliever Louis Varland<\/strong> a clean frame. Everything went just about according to plan from there: Four outs from Varland, one from lefty Mason Fluharty<\/strong>, one from Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez<\/strong> and three from Chris Bassitt<\/strong>. But there are some games when you can hit all three of your keys to victory and still come away with the loss \u2014 in part because this writer neglected to write \u201cdon\u2019t stay off second base\u201d as a Game 6 key.
This Dodgers-Blue Jays World Series will be the 41st winner-take-all in postseason history. The road team is 22-18 in Game 7s of the World Series.
The last Game 7 of a World Series was 2019, where the Nationals beat the Astros 6-2 on the road in Houston.
Addison Barger<\/strong> got doubled off second base on a lineout to left as the tying run in the bottom of the ninth, allowing the Dodgers to force a Game 7. Here are your views on the chaotic end to Game 6:
TORONTO \u2014 Miguel Rojas sprawled across the dirt, the baseball firmly enclosed within his glove, a Game 7 somehow on the horizon. All around him, the Los Angeles Dodgers pumped their fists and emptied their lungs. Inside the Toronto Blue Jays dugout, disbelief took hold. Somehow, some way, this season was not yet over, not after a heart-stopping ending to a 3-1 Dodgers victory.
Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow burst into a smile on the mound and accepted hugs from his teammates. He had been called into emergency relief as the Blue Jays battered closer Roki Sasaki and appeared on the verge of a walk-off championship victory. A ground-rule double by Toronto outfielder Addison Barger left two runners in scoring position with zero outs in the ninth.
It would be hard to script a less desirable spot for Glasnow, who was slated to pitch in Game 7. It would be hard for Blue Jays fans to stomach the ending. After a one-pitch pop-up by third baseman Ernie Clement, Toronto infielder Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez scalded a liner into left field. Dodgers outfielder Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez charged forward to catch the baseball and made a strong peg to Rojas. The throw beat Barger back to second base for a stunning double play that sent Rojas stumbling and this series to the limit.
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Blue Jays manager John Schneider confirmed that Max Scherzer <\/strong>will be starting Game 7 of the World Series. Scherzer pitched in Game 7 six years ago for the Washington Nationals, the last winner-take-all in a World Series.
Schneider is relishing the opportunity to manage in a Game 7.
💬 \u201cIt\u2019s Game 7 of the World Series at your home stadium. What the hell else could you want?\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
That Kik\u00e9 Hernandez <\/strong>play was so clutch that it had Will Smith <\/strong>playing the air guitar …
The Blue Jays have never played a Game 7 in the World Series (they won their previous two appearances in six games). The Dodgers are 2-5 in World Series Game 7s, winning in 1955 and 1965 and losing in 1947, 1952, 1956 and 2017.
A random, potentially important part of that ninth inning for tomorrow: Tyler Glasnow<\/strong> only threw three pitches.
Alejandro Kirk <\/strong>will get an X-ray on his hand that was hit by a pitch in the ninth inning, according to manager John Schneider. But Schneider said it is precautionary.
💬 \u201cHe is going to be fine!\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
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I am still in disbelief about that baserunning.
The Dodgers have forced a Game 7 tomorrow night in Toronto.
Let's hear from their manager, Dave Roberts.
Here we go! Game 7 of the World Series. The 41st winner-take-all World Series game will take place Saturday night at Rogers Centre.
The last Game 7 of the World Series was 2019. When Max Scherzer\u2019s <\/strong>Washington Nationals beat George Springer <\/strong>and the Houston Astros.
Now Scherzer is expected to get the Game 7 start. Springer and Scherzer are teammates on the Blue Jays. What a night tomorrow is going to be! <\/p>\n

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