Postgame
The crowd in Toronto, moments ago in an absolute frenzy, are stunned into an eerie silence as they file out of the Rogers Centre without the trophy they came for.
The Dodgers arms came through at every big moment, preventing the Jays big inning all game long, and thwarting would-be rallies repeatedly. Yamamoto? Awesome. Wrobleski? Fantastic. Sasaki was shaky but got through unscathed while three crucial pitches from Glasnow was enough to wrap it up for LA.
The Dodgers win thanks to one productive inning as their offense continues to be quiet, especially by their standards.
So the 2025 season gets pushed to the absolute maximum. The pitching tomorrow night is sure to include Ohtani and Max Scherzer. After that? Who knows.
Here’s what we do know – we will be live for Game 7, right here, tomorrow night!
See you then!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, Final
A line drive to left field – Hernandez makes the catch! he fires to second to get Barger! Bang – bang! Double play! Game over!
We will see you tomorrow night! Wow!!!!!!
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Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 9th
First pitch swinging and a weak infield pop up to first! Wow! Such a crucial out right there for Glasnow and the Dodgers!
Gimenez is in with it on the line, Springer is waiting on deck!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 9th
So here’s where we are. Ernie Clement is at the plate. Two on, nobody out. The tying runs are at second and third and the World Series winning run is holding the bat.
Let’s go!
Review
Pretty straightforward, the ball wedged, and it’s dead and that’s what the umpires say.
So how abou this, here comes Dave Roberts. He yanks Sasaki and here comes Tyler Glasnow to face Clement. And we thought we might see Glasnow tomorrow night.
But if there’s no Game 7, it doesn’t matter. All hands on deck right now for LA!
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Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 9th
Barger hits a lined shot to center! A run will score, except it won’t! The ball is ruled dead! It wedged under the wall, saving the Dodgers a run!
So second and third with nobody out! Ernie Clement is stepping in!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 9th
Kirk is hit on an 0-2 pitch! The Jays have the lead runner on! Here is
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 9th
Edman hits a bouncer to short – easy for Gimenez. That’s the third out, and we go to the ninth!
Can the Blue Jays stage a Wor;d Series winning comeback? Will the Dodgers take Game 6 and take us into tomorrow night?
We’re about to find out!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 9th
Edman in the hole 0-2.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 9th
Now Bassitt blows away Hernandez! Two hitters, two strikeouts. He’s locked in and about to face the dangerous Edman.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 9th
Bassitt blows away Muncy. He’s looked like a closer for the past 10 days. Who knew?
Kike Hernandez is next at the plate.
Pitching change
Chris Bassitt is in, Dominguez is out. Bassitt, a career long starter has been fantastic in relief since the ALCS. He faces Muncy first.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Hard ground ball to second – Rojas has it, throws to first for the out and that’s the inning! Sasaki dances through the raindrops in the home eighth as the Jays strand two!
We’re closing in on Game 7!
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Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Splitter in the dirt, Varsho pulls ahead in the count.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Up and away – 1-1 to Varsho.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Bichette hits a pop up in to foul ground – Betts is chasing, does he have room? Yes!
Two down! Wow!
It’s all up to Varsho who falls behind 1-0, chasing a ball low.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Huge cut on a fastball upstairs! It’s 1-1! That was hot buttered popcorn!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Splitter in the dirt – Bichette lays off. He’s up 1-0.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Ball four!
Two on, one out and here comes Bo Bichette with the tying runs on base and the lead run in the batters box!
One big swing could bring the house down in Toronto!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Now he lays off a borderline split, before fouling off a pitch to stay alive. It’s 2-2.
Vlady lays off a slider in – full count! This is crazy!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Filthy splitter, Vlady swings and misses. That fell off the table!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Sasaki starts Vlady off with a slider for a strike, and then comes back with a ball in the dirt. It’s 1-1.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Lukes pops to center! one down! Here comes Vlady!
This is awesome!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Sasaki fires a bullet for a strike. Full count.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Upstairs – it’s 3-1 now. Great hitters count. How will it end?
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Sasaki misses away – it’s 2-1 to Lukes!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 8th
Sasaki knocks down Springer with a fastball. He dusts himself off and steps back in. It’s 2-1 to the limited Jays slugger.
Now he squeaks a grond ball past first base! Wow! Incredible, and on a tough pitch as well.
Runner on and the crowd goes wild. What can Lukes do here in an absolutely mammoth spot?
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 8th
Hernandez can’t handle the fastball away! Strike three! Inning over!
It remains a two run ballgame and here comes Roki Sasaki to face the Jays in their half of the eighth. Top of the lineup for Toronto coming up.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 8th
Tesoscar is jammed inside – it’s 1-2!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 8th
Ball four! he misses with a fastball up.
It’s up to Teoscar Hernandez with bases loaded. He waves at the first pitch. 0-1 to the slugger!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 8th
Slider away – Betts check. Did he go? Nosays first base umpire Will Little!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 8th
Ball low and away. It’s 2-2!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 8th
It’s 1-2 to Betts!
Pitching change
Here comes the hard throwing righty, Seranthony Domínguez, to face Betts in the biggest of spots. Toronto can’t let up right here with just six outs to play with.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 8th
Freeman flies out to right and Ohtani stays put. Big out right there!
Now it’s up to Betts, who will be the star tonight if he comes through!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 8th
Ohtani hits a fly ball to center – it seems harmless, but it keeps going and going and going and then it drops in! Wow! And he was totally off balance! The one out double gives LA their first base runner since the third inning! Can you believe that?
They walk Smith, two on and one out for Freeman in this hairy eighth for Toronto!
A big hit will get us closer to Game 7.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 8th
Varland makes easy wok of Rojas who flies out to right and then here comes John Scheide to get his hurler. The lefty, Mason Fluharty, is on his way in to face Ohtani in a critical at-bat here with one down in the eighth.
The pitching lines
Both pitchers were fantastic – Yamamoto was just a bit better than Gausman, who was nearly perfect outside of that Dodger third inning.
Yamamoto
6IP 5H 1R 1ER 1BB 6K 0HR
Gausman
6IP 3H 3R 3ER 2BB 8K 0HR
Tremendous work by both pitchers in a huge spot.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 7th
Gimenez waves at a fastball – strike three! Inning over! Wrobleski throws a blank in the seventh! Five left on base by the Jays tonight.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 7th
Foul ball. It’s still 2-2. Battle with so much on the line here in the 7th.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 7th
Gimenez lays off a breaking ball ow and away. 2-2.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 7th
Gimenez is jammed and fouls the next pitch off. Still 1-2.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 7th
The 0-2 fastball is high to Gimenez. It’s 1-2.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 7th
Gimenez will not be pinch hit for. He takes a big cut for strike one then fouls off a pitch to go down 0-2 in the count. Meanwhile, Sasaki starts to warm for LA in the bullpen.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 7th
Yamamoto is out! Credit that last inning for tiring out Yamamoto. So now Toronto has a crack at the dubious Dodger bullpen to try and use those last nine outs to win a World Series.
Justin Wrobleski has two quick outs! The first comes on a stellar bare handed grab by the second baseman Rojas. Then Barger strikes out!
Two down for Clement!
And he doubles! The tying run comes to the plate in the form of Gimenez and Mark Prior heads to the mound to speak to Wrobleski!
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Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 7th
Tommy Edman steps to the plate. FOX TV voices are already talking about the Ohtani DH/pitcher situation for Game 7. But we got a ways to go. Bit early for that boys!
Edman pops to center. Inning over!
It’s stretch time in Toronto!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 7th
Varland blows away Hernandez! Two outs!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 7th
OK, so Gausman is out six solid. Louis Varland is in. He gets Muncy straight away – a pop out to right retires the third baseman.
Hernandez is next.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 6th
Varsho waves at a splitter – inning over! That ends the Blue Jay threat!
Yamamoto though six! But the Jays did escalate his pitch count.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 6th
Foul ball, the count is 1-2 against Varsho. Yamamoto is up to 95 pitches.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 6th
Yamamoto disengages and fakes a throw to second. Then he misses fo ball four! It’s a Yamamoto walk! Those you don’t see too often!
Two on, two out with Daulton Varsho at the plate! Everybody up in Toronto in this enormous, crucial moment.
It’s a 1-1 count.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 6th
Fouled back. We do it again. Full count!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 6th
Yamamoto misses way up again! The count is full!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 6th
Bichette fouls off a pitch. It’s 2-2.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 6th
2-1 to Bichette after Yamamoto misses badly high.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 6th
Guerrero has a hit with one hand into the left field corner. It’s a two out double! Here comes Bichette, who is hella dangerous! Dodgers pitching coach Mark Pior checks in with Yamamoto.
Huge moment here with two outs for Toronto!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 6th
No streaker luck for Lukes. He skies to center for the second out. It’s up to Vladdy in the Jays sixth.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 6th
We have a streaker, or some sort of field invader, but we don’t get to see! Booooooo! Smart move by the crowd trying to throw off Yamamoto. Will it work? Lukes is ahead in the count 2-1.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 6th
Yamamoto makes quick work of Springer, who grounds out to short. One down. Here’s Lukes.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 6th
Hernandez grounds out to short. Gausman is through six with one costly frame in his ledger. He’s thrown 93 pitches.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 6th
It’s 1-2 to Hernandez. The crowd is up! Pitch. – low and away.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 6th
Betts grounds out to short for out no2. Now the ex-Jay Hernandez steps in with nobody on in what has been a quiet inning. So far.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 6th
Freeman pops out to shortstop. That’s an easy out to start the sixth. Now Betts is back. Is he about to catch fire?
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 5th
Barger watches a fastball fly by. And Yamamoto is just impossible to figure out. Two down.
Clement has an idea – he knocks one into the hole at short. Betts can’t handle it, and that’s a two out hit.
But then Gimenez skies to center.
Inning over. Yamamoto has thrown 75 pitches through five. Too efficient for Toronto.
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Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 5th
Oh what a pitch by Yamamoto! His splitter inside totally crosses up Kirk and is just not fair. One down. Here’s Barger, who has a bit of magic in his bat for sure. It’s just, when is this magic available?
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 5th
Kirk fouls two balls off to the right side. It’s 2-2.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 5th
John Schneider is being interviewed. He says George Springer is “tough man”. I guess he’s right.
It’s 1-2 to the dangerous Kirk.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 5th
It’s a good cut from Smith and a line drive to left, but Lukes is right there to make the catch. Side retired.
Gausman: 82 pitches through five.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 5th
In the end, it’s a harmless bouncer to first, easy for Guerrero, who makes the play and steps on first for the second out.
Now here is Smith’s nemesis, Will Smith! I’d be careful here!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 5th
Another foul ball. Long at-bat! Scary for Blue Jays fans. Will Ohtani wear out Gausman?
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 5th
He hits a ball off his leg. Ouch! He limps around for a minute, which means a home run is coming up, probably.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 5th
Count full to Ohtani!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 5th
Then Ohtani lifts a ball into foul territory. It’s still 2-2.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 5th
Ohtani is down in the count, 1-2, then lays out a pitch low and away.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 5th
Bottom of the lineup now for LA, and Rojas beggns the Dodger fifth with a fly out to right. One down.
Here’s Ohtani, who Gausman is pitching to.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 4th
Varsho waves at a splitter – it’s 1-2.
Then a grounder two second. Rojas has it, tosses to Betts for one, who fires to first, double play! Inning over!
Yamamoto rebounds in the fourth. The Japanese hurler is through four on 58 pitches. Pretty efficient!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 4th
Bichette has the Jays third base hit tonight with a knock to left. One on, one out for Varsho.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 4th
Yamamoto locates a split down and in. That pitch is not hittable. Strike three! Bichette is next.
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Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 4th
Vladdy is backat it to lead off the Jays fourth and takes a strike to begin the at-bat.
Email!
Graham Searles is on a train!
“Thanks for the coverage, never have I been more glad to be on a 3 hour train to Wolverhampton at 1am than watching this. The way the commentators were talking down Mookie Betts. I was expecting him to strike out but he nailed it, roll on game seven!”
FOX interviewed Dave Roberts last inning and he was quite happy that Betts came through, that’s for sure.
Good luck on that train! Say hi to Wolverhampton for me!
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 4th
It’s 2-2 to Edman. FOX TV in the US says Gausman has gotten swings and misses on 75% of his pitches. Which is a lot.
Edman pops out to third. Inning over.
Gausman 67 pitches through four.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, top 4th
Mucbny bounces to short. One down. Gausman has thrown 612 pitches through 3 1/3 innings pitched.
Now Hernandez pops up high to second. That’s easy for Bichette. Two down.
Edman, who had a big double and scored an inning ago, is back in the box.
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Kirkby is back!
“Walking Ohtani has put Gausman off his game, if they keep walking him, it’s curtains for the Jays. More at bats, more runs.”
Interesting. The more I consider that, the more I think maybe you’re on to something. Still, it’s hard to argue against it with first base open. If he pitches to Ohtani there and he comes through, Schneider is facing a LOT of heat.
Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 3rd
Lukes skies out to left, inning over, but not before Toronto claws a run back!
To the fourth!
RUN! Dodgers 3-1 Blue Jays, bottom 3rd
Springer cracks a line drive to center field and that’s a base hit! Barger comes home and what can you say but WOW!
That’s a run back in a shut down inning opportunity for LA.
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Dodgers 3-0 Blue Jays, bottom 3rd
It’s 3-0! Springer even grimaces on a check swing.
Dodgers 3-0 Blue Jays, bottom 3rd
Gimenez strikes a line shot to second that puts Rojas on his back! He recovers to throw out the runner at first. Two down, Barger moves to third, and here’s Springer in a big spot.
Does he have enough in the tank to come through against the Dodgers ace?
Dodgers 3-0 Blue Jays, bottom 3rd
Gimenez waves at a change up and it’s 3-2.
Dodgers 3-0 Blue Jays, bottom 3rd
Considering Yamamoto pitched a complete game against Toronto his last time on the bump, the Jays really need to score here and get off the schnide vs the Japanese hurler.
All that said, Clement is down on three pitches. One out, and it’s Gimenez to the plate in the nine hole. The light hitting shortstop has had his share of big hits this October.
Dodgers 3-0 Blue Jays, bottom 3rd
It’s 7,8,9 for Toronto and Barger starts it off for the home team. He’s quickly in the hole 1-2. Then he has a knock off the side wall in left field! The bounce means he can turn the corner and tun two! So now the Jays have a lead off runner in their half of the third!
Clement is next with a runner in scoring position.
Dodgers 3-0 Blue Jays, top 3rd
Teoscar Hernandez becomes Gausman’s third strikeout victim and the inning is over. But not before significant damage. A three run deficit is a big hurdle the way Yamamoto is throwing right now.
RUN! Dodgers 3-0 Blue Jays, top 3rd
Betts slaps a single through the hole on the left side of the infield! Ohtani scores! Here comes Smith! Mookie Betts comes through! A crooked number for LA quiets the crowd in Toronto!
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Dodgers 1-0 Blue Jays, top 3rd
Big cut, big miss! It’s 1-2 as the crowd gets loud.
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Dodgers 1-0 Blue Jays, top 3rd
Bases loaded, two outs, and a chance for Mookie Betts to snap out of it in the biggest of spots. The key for Toronto all series has been avoiding the big inning.
This is a big test.
It’s a 1-1 count.
RUN! Dodgers 1-0 Blue Jays, top 3rd
Will Smith delivers! It’s a base hit to left and it scores Edman! The Dodgers strike first and it’s Smith who befuddles Gausman for a second straight game!
That turned quickly!
Now Gausman faces Freeman with two on and two outs…and walks him!
Here comes pitching coach Pete Walker for a chat.
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Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, top 3rd
Boom! Strikeout no7! Rojas watches a pitch, that was totally a ball, go by, which makes sense. Home plate umpire Adam Hamari could be questioned for that call for sure. They intentionally walk Ohtani. Of course.
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Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, top 3rd
So it looks like this is going to be a who blinks fiorst kind of pitching match-up, similar to Game 2, which also featured these two hurlers.
Here comes Hernandez to the plate, and quickly he’s besieged by splitters.
It’s 2-2 before Gausman strikes again! Hernandez is defenseless. Six strikeouts and we’re in the third inning.
Now Edman hits a screamer over the head of Guerrero! Wow that had heat! It’s off the wall and LA’s center fielder strolls into second with a double!
Finallyu, a base runner for the Dodgers and Rojas steps in with a runner in scoring position for Rojas.
Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, bottom 2nd
Kirk pops to center field – it’s a can of corn for Edman, and for all the hype around Gausman so far, and I gotta call it like I see it, Yamamoto has been just as brilliant through two, while throwing five less pitches. And on the road in font of a hostile crowd.
Credit.
Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, bottom 2nd
With two outs and nobody on – full count – Yamamoto v Kirk. How will it end?
Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, bottom 2nd
Little infield pop up to short, totally harmless, and Mookie makes the gab.
Yamamoto has been even more efficient than Gausman. But now he runs the count up 3-1 to Kirk.
Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, bottom 2nd
Bichette leads off in the Jays second and takes a strike from Yamamoto.
Remember, Bichette did not play in Game 2, which means these two have yet to face each other.
So far, it’s advantage Yamamoto as Bichette strikes out a few pitches later.
One down an here’s Varsho, who has a knack for the dramatic.
Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, top 2nd
The 2-2 splitter is low and in. The count is full! This is as good as it has gotten for LA so far.
And then he whiffs on the split.
Gausman is perfecto through two! Good lord he looks great.
Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, top 2nd
For Teoscar, it’s good morning, good afternoon and goodnight. Three pitches, three strikes, and that means he’s out. Three K’s now for the vet. Two down for Muncy.
Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, top 2nd
So here’s Betts to lead off for the Dodgers, and wow, what a season for the outfielder turned shortstop. You don’t like to see such a class player struggle the way he has, and as he ages, you have to wonder…well, you know.
He bounces out to short. Four straight retired by Gausman to start Game 6. Teoscar is next.
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Claire McConnell is here to talk anthems! I like it!
“I am, admittedly, a dual Canadian/British citizen living in Toronto who has supported the Jays since emigrating here in 1982. So perhaps I am biased… but I thought John Vincent was absolutely dreadful. I’ve sung in choirs my whole life so can recognize good and bad singing, and he was dull and flat. Hopefully that will be a reflection of the Dodgers tonight because if this goes to game 7, I think Toronto will implode with stress.”
Hey, you’re a semi-pro! I’ll take it from you. It turns out that, yes, he is something of a Frank Sinatra impersonator. Kind of a bizarre choice, no?
Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, bottom 1st
Line drive towards third – Muncy with the stab – over to second for one, then plenty of time to get Vlady at first. Bang-bang! Double play, inning over! That’s 5-4-3 if you’re keeping score at home. And you are, aren’t you?
So Muncy taketh away, and then he giveth.
To the second!
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Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, bottom 1st
Lukes grounds to the left side of the infield – Muncy looks to make the play but the chop is under his glove and into the outfield! Dodgy Dodger defense – one on and one out for Vlady!
Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, bottom 1st
Alright, well here’s George Springer, who is facing Yamamoto with the help of modern medicine, and maybe a few shots of whiskey.
Yamamoto gets a big swing on 1-2, and it doesn’t look so great. Then he checks his swing on an inside pitch that evens the count.
There’s more wincing as he fouls off the next pitch.
Finally, he grounds out to short.
Interesting. Can he contribute?
Nathan Lukes is next.
Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, top 1st
Splitter away, and a swing and a miss! It’s 1-2 to the Dodgers slugger!
And now he waves at strike three!
Kevin Gausman strikes out the side to get the party started in Toronto! Wow!
The vet sliced through the most formidable part of the Dodgers lineup like it was a very soft, delectable slice of cheese.
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Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, top 1st
Smith goes down swinging! He waves at the ball away and Gausman has two strikeouts to start off Game 6!
Now here comes Freddie Freeman into the batters box.
Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, top 1st
Smith hits a cue ball towards third that rolls foul. Then Gausman throws a ball past the catcher Kirk to the backstop – just a bit outside.
The Jays crowd are standing, already! And now they’re even louder after a Smith wing and a miss! It’s a 1-2 count to the Dodgers catcher.
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Dodgers 0-0 Blue Jays, top 1st
It’s a splitter fest from Gausman, who gets ahead 0-2 on Ohtani before the slugger works the count even.
Then the splitter strikes again, and Ohtani is no match for it – strike three! One down, here comes Smith, who had that 7th inning home run in Game 2.
Away we go!
Game 6 is on! The Dodgers, a juggernaut that has only managed four runs in their last 29 innings, come to bat first, looking to make a statement. And who better to do that than Ohtani, who steps in right now!
The first pitch from the Jays right handed veteran hurler Kevin Gausman is a splitter of course, and Ohtani whiffs at the diving quail!
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The lineups!
Here is your starting lineup for the NL champs and the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers!
1. Shohei Ohtani, DH
2. Will Smith, C
3. Mookie Betts, SS
4. Freddie Freeman, 1B
5. Teoscar Hernandez, RF
6. Max Muncy, 3B
7. Kike Hernandez, LF
8. Tommy Edman, CF
9. Miguel Rojas, 2B
P. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, RHP
So Mookie Betts continues to slide down the lineup, this time, into the cleanup spot. He’s hitting a buck 30 this World Series, which he will tell you in crystal clear terms, is not good.
And here’s the lineup for the AL champs, the Toronto Blue Jays
1. George Springer, DH
2. Nathan Lukes, LF
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr, 1B
4. Bo Bichette, 2B
5. Daulton Varsho, CF
6. Alejandro Kirk, C
7. Addison Barger, RF
8. Ernie Clement, 3B
9. Andres Gimenez, SS
P. Kevin Gausman, RHP
Yep, George Springer is back in the lineup, which makes it all the more formidable. Usually, when you swing and hold your side and make a crazy looking face, it means you’re going to be out for some time with a lat injury, or something like that. So who knows what kind of horse tranquilizer they shot him up with to get him in the batters box tonight. I’m joking of course…sort of. Said Jays manager John Schneider:
“He’s ready to go. He may look uncomfortable on a couple [swings], but I think we all have reassurance from all of the testing that he’ll be able to tolerate it.”
That will be an interesting watch, and not long from now. Hang in there. First pitch is about 8:08 ET, Midnight in Ol Blighty.
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Richard Woods writes:
“The strangest thing about this series is that the team on any objective measure has played the better throughout the series is still being seen as the underdog, and all that the classier team has to do is to reassert its authority after Yamamoto pitches another complete game. Hmmm. I’m not confident as such but not intimidated either. Let’s see how lucky (according to Blake Snell) we can be today. “
Yeah, such is the cache of the champs. You are heard. Personally I like the Jays tonight, 5-4. Big drama.
National anthems!
The US anthem is up first. John Vincent sounds like Frank Sinatra, which is kind of crazy. Am I right? He goes with a long “freeeeeeeeeee” and then extends the end. It’s a bit much and takes away from what was otherwise rock solid. 7/10.
Now it’s O Canada! David Grenon seems to be something of a regular up in Toronto. Excellent work right there – steady with some umph. I’d give it 7.75/10.
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Roger Kirkby is back!
“All the marbles are on the table, but I don’t think they will be picked up tonight. Those Dodger wood slingers can’t be kept quiet forever. We will all be back tomorrow and that’s what we want. The ultimate game seven do or to die for.”
I wouldn’t complain.
This seems about right.
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David Athya writes:
“As a neutral I’m wanting a Game 7 (and more Guardian coverage!) There’s a good chance of that with Yamamoto on the mound tonight. The Dodgers offence needs to produce more though. Will Mookie Betts finally show up in this series?
Springer back for Blue Jays is a huge boost and also replacing Kiner-Falefa who was maybe the only player in the line up not contributing. I’ll say Dodgers to edge a close one this evening.”
I think if Betts starts hitting it will be contagious. Myself and everyone else are really curious as to what Springer can do. Usually side injuries like that are so tough. I’m no doctor (true story) but it seems a bit wild that he’s back already!
No stick!
It’s the question all of LA is trying to answer – what happened to LA’s bats? They’ve all but dissipated in these playoffs, odd considering the monsters they have in the lineup. Who can match Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Will Smith and Freddie Freeman, not to mention the threatening ex-Blue Jays outfielder Teoscar Hernandez and the postseason beast Kike Hernandez.
The Dodgers have hit a menial .201/.296/.354/.651 this series, which for those of you who may not be familiar with such stats, is just nonsensical considering the pricey talent LA carry to the diamond. This in contrast to the Jays more robust outfit that have outscored their competition by 29 runs to 18 over the first five games. Gulp!
So basically, LA need to figure out how to turn this thing around before Game 8. Last time out against Gausman, they were stymied by his splitter through six, finally catching on an inning later when a Will Smith home run gave the Dodgers all they would need in a 5-1 win.
Can LA make an early-game statement by getting to the Jays veteran hurler early?
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…at our rolling coverage of Game 6 of the World Series! I’m your host, David Lengel, and I could not be more ready to bring you the print play-by-play of the upcoming Fall Classic encounter between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays. Especially because this is an elimination game and the “piece of metal” – which is how MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred – once described the World Series trophy – is in the house.
The Rogers Centre in downtown Tdot is buzzing with the expectation of a third Jays championship, that is, if they can fend off LA one last time. If they can, it will be a worst-to-first meteoric rise for the club that barely anyone (except me) picked to unseat the champs. All that said, if the Dodgers somehow remember how to hit, there’s every chance that this Fall Classic could extend until Saturday for a winner take all Game 7, which surely all baseball fans with no skin in the game would sign up for right now.
For LA, the pitching piece they want on the hill is making the start: Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw all nine innings in his brilliant, crucial Game 2 performance which leveled the series for the Dodgers. Toronto’s hurler will be Kevin Gausman, who matched Yamamoto pitch-for-pitch that evening, at one point retiring 17 straight batters, until unraveling in the 7th inning.
So we have pair of aces and two great teams that are sprinting towards the conclusion of the 2025 season preparing to entertain all of us, and who could ask for anything more?
We’ll have more pregame fodder as we head towards first pitch, but for now, why not join the show and share your thoughts with all of us! You can email me right here. Do it – I’ll make you famous.
More to come – stick with us!
The city of Toronto is buzzing with the Blue Jays one win from their third World Series title and first in 32 years. Here’s a look at how some of the home fans have gussied up for the occasion as they descend on Rogers Centre for tonight’s Game 6.
David will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s a look back at Wednesday’s Game 5.
