Overview
- The World Series is tied 3-3 with the decider Saturday night at Rogers Centre; the Blue Jays confirmed Max Scherzer as their starter while the Dodgers are considering Shohei Ohtani on three days’ rest with multiple arms available.
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered six innings of one-run ball with six strikeouts, improving to 4-1 this postseason and reinforcing a dominant Series run.
- Los Angeles scored all three of its runs in the third inning on Will Smith’s RBI double and Mookie Betts’ two-run single; Toronto’s lone run came on a George Springer single.
- A chaotic ninth began when Alejandro Kirk was hit by a pitch (X-rays negative), followed by Addison Barger’s drive that became lodged at the base of the wall and was ruled a ground-rule double on the field and confirmed by replay, placing runners at second and third with no outs.
- Manager Dave Roberts turned to Tyler Glasnow, who recorded a popout and then, on Andrés Giménez’s liner, Kiké Hernández and Miguel Rojas combined for a left-field–to–second base double play confirmed by review, noted by Elias as the first of its kind to end a World Series game; it was Glasnow’s first MLB save.