Overview
- Mookie Betts, moved to the cleanup spot, delivered a two-run single after Will Smith’s RBI double in a three-run third that powered Los Angeles to a 3-1 win.
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned the victory with six innings of one-run ball and six strikeouts, while Kevin Gausman struck out eight over six but took the loss.
- The ninth inning ended with high drama as Tyler Glasnow entered from the bullpen and, after a popout, Kiké Hernández turned a lineout into a game-ending double play.
- Toronto will start Max Scherzer in Saturday’s winner-take-all Game 7 at Rogers Centre, and the Dodgers have yet to name their pitcher amid reported possibilities.
- The defending champion Dodgers are one win from back-to-back titles, and the Blue Jays are chasing their first crown since 1993 in the first World Series Game 7 since 2019.