The composure of Yamamoto, the timely hitting of Mooki Betts and the courage of Tyler Glasnow gave the Dodgers the opportunity to defend their title in Game 7 of the World Series against the Blue Jays.
TORONTO – The performance of the Japanese Yoshinobu Yamamotothe resurrection of the troubled shortstop Mookie Betts and the aplomb of the law Tyler Glasnow were the keys to Game 6 that allowed Los Angeles Dodgers beat the 3-1 Toronto Blue Jays and send the Major League World Series to a seventh and decisive match.
Now, the Dodgers will try to retain their title at the Rogers Center and become the first team to repeat since the three-time championship. New York Yankees in 1998-99-2000, while the Blue Jays will go looking for their third championship and first in 32 years.
After pitching complete games in his previous two outings, including in Game 2 of the Fall Classic, Yamamoto limited the Blue Jays to one run on five hits in six innings. The Dodgers’ “Ace” struck out five opponents and only walked one. For the second outing in the grand final, Yamamoto beat the leader of the Canadian Blues’ rotation, right-hander Kevin Gausman.
The only moment of weakness came in the bottom of the third inning when Addison Barger he hit a double with two outs and George Springer He brought it to the rubber with a single to center field.
In the top part of that inning the Dodgers made their only runs. Will Smith He hit a one-run RBI double that found two men on base, and then Mookie Betts punished a third consecutive fastball by Gausman, on a 1-2 count, to produce two more runs for Los Angeles, which had loaded the bases.
The defining moment of the game came in the bottom of the ninth when, with runners on third and second with no outs, Glasnow rescued the Japanese reliever Roki Sasaki to get three outs that kept Los Angeles alive.
Sasaki had hit the Mexican receiver Alejandro Kirk and allowed a ground-rule double (which was embedded between the protective cork in the outfield and the ground. The Dodgers manager brought in Tyler Glasnow, Saturday’s probable starter, in a move between the bold and the desperate.
His bet worked. Glasnow dominated Ernie Clement with a fly to first base on the first pitch and then the Venezuelan Andres Gimenez He hit a line drive that the Puerto Rican left fielder caught Kike Hernandezwho also put out Barger who had advanced on second base.
The teams that won Game 6 facing elimination are 21-19 in Game 7 when the World Series was scheduled for seven games. The Dodgers have never won (0-7) in classics in which they were down 2-3.
