Los Angeles Dodgers Hold On in Canada to Set Up Winner-Take-All Game 7 in World Series

This year's World Series is going to a final seventh game after the Los Angeles Dodgers kept alive their repeat dreams alive Friday night with a three to one victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 6.

The reigning title holders ended Toronto’s late-game comeback with a dramatic game-ending double play, silencing a home audience that had come ready to cheer the city’s championship in 32 years.

Game 6 Recap

The Dodgers generated all of their offense in the third frame. With two away, Shohei Ohtani was purposely passed before Smith hit a two-bagger to left to bring home Tommy Edman. Freeman earned a base on balls to fill the bases, and Betts came through with a two-run single to left, giving the Dodgers a 3–0 advantage.

Betts’ hit broke a postseason slump and rekindled the title holders' hopes of being the first repeat championship winners since the New York Yankees captured three straight from 1998 through 2000.

Mound Duel

Gausman had been nearly unhittable to that stage, fanning six of the first seven batters he confronted. He struck out 8 through three innings, matching a World Series record, but the third-frame rally proved decisive. The Blue Jays' star ended with eight strikeouts over six innings, yielding three earned runs on three safeties and two free passes.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, in contrast, was solid again under pressure. The 27-year-old right-hander outdueled Gausman for the second time in a week, allowing one run on five base hits over six frames with six Ks. He boosted his record to four wins and one loss this playoffs with a 1.56 ERA.

The only run against him came on Springer’s two-out single in the third, driving in Addison Barger, who had doubled earlier in the inning. Springer’s hit offered a brief spark in his comeback to the lineup after missing a pair of contests with an side strain.

Bullpen Heroics

From there, the Los Angeles relievers carried the load. First-year pitcher Justin Wrobleski escaped a tight spot in the seventh, and another rookie Rōki Sasaki worked into the ninth before hitting Kirk to open the inning. Barger then hit a double that became wedged under the left-center-field fence, forcing runners to hold at second and third.

Tyler Glasnow, Los Angeles’ Game 3 starting pitcher, entered in relief and got a pop fly before Andrés Giménez lined to left field. Enrique Hernández made the catch and fired to second base to double off the runner, sealing the win and giving Glasnow his first-ever save.

Looking Ahead: Seventh Game

The series now boils down to a single contest. Scherzer will take the mound for Toronto, making him the sole active hurler to pitch in multiple World Series Game 7s after doing so in 2019 with the Nationals. The veteran inked a single-season contract to chase another championship and has been a vocal leader throughout this postseason.

The Dodgers, aiming to be the sport's initial repeat title winners in nearly a quarter-century, are expected to rely on their two-way star for a brief appearance.