Dodgers Force Decisive Game 7 in World Series with 3-1 Victoryโค Over Blue Jays
ARLINGTON, Texas – The Los Angeles Dodgers are heading to a winner-take-all game 7โ afterโข a resilient 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in โGame 6 of โthe World Series on Tuesday night. Yoshinobu โฃYamamoto continued his dominant postseason run, and a clutch hit from Mookie Betts propelled the Dodgers to the brink of thier first championshipโ since 2020.
This result sets the stage for a dramatic โคconclusion to the series, with the โDodgers and Blue Jays set to battle for the title in Game 7. The Dodgers, seeking their third championship in seven seasons, will send max Scherzer โขto the mound, while the Blue Jays willโค counter with Kevin Gausman. The winner will be crowned World Series โฃchampions, โฃcapping off a captivating postseason.
Yamamoto improved to 4-1โค with a 1.56 ERA in โคfive postseason starts, boasting a 1.20 ERA in hisโ two Series outings. He navigated a tight game, supported by โstrongโ relief pitching from Brusdar Graterol,โ who struck out Gimรฉnez โคto strand aโ runner in the seventh, and Yusei Kikuchi, who โescaped a two-on, one-out jam in the eighth thanks to a foul out by Bo Bichette and a groundout fromโข Daulton Varsho.
The Dodgers broke a scoreless tie in the third inning. Tommy Edman doubled with one out, and Ohtani was intentionally walked for the fifth time in the Series. Smithโ then hit an RBI double off the left-field wall on a high splitter, followed by a walk to Freeman, bringing up Betts.
Betts, who had been moved down in the batting order to fourth in Game 6 after previously hitting second and then third in Game 5, delivered a crucial two-run single between shortstop and third base, extending the dodgers’ โฃlead to 3-0. The hit ended an 0-for-13 slump withโค the bases loadedโ for the Dodgers dating back to the Division Series.
“He could โขhitโ me seventh, I don’t care. I just want to win,”โ saeid Betts,a three-time champion. “Whatever we do,however we get there,I’ll jump on whoever’s back to go.We all get a ring, that’s all I care โabout.”
The game alsoโฃ featured the first game-ending double play in world Series history in which an outfielder โhad a putout or assist, according to the Elias sports Bureau.
Scherzer will become the fourth pitcher to start multiple World Series winner-take-allโฃ Game 7s, joining Bobโ Gibson, Lew Burdette, and Don larsen. He previously allowed two runs over five innings for Washington againstโ Houston in 2019, with the Nationals ultimately winning 6-2.
