Overview
- Addison Barger’s drive in the bottom of the ninth wedged under the centerfield wall and was ruled a ground-rule double per the pregame ballpark rules.
- The ruling placed Barger at second base and Myles Straw at third, cutting off a likely run as Los Angeles held on for a 3-1 win.
- Umpires confirmed the ball was lodged after the outfielder signaled, which made the play dead and mandated two-base awards for all runners.
- Blue Jays manager John Schneider called the sequence a rare tough break, while Barger said he kept running because he couldn’t see the trapped ball.
- Myles Straw noted the play would have remained live if the fielder had retrieved the ball, and the series now advances to a decisive Game 7 in Toronto.