Overview
- Pitching on three days’ rest, Shohei Ohtani was removed in the third after Bo Bichette’s three-run homer gave Toronto a 3-0 lead.
- Ohtani allowed three runs on five hits in 2 1/3 innings with two walks and three strikeouts before Justin Wrobleski took over.
- Blue Jays manager John Schneider questioned home plate umpire Jordan Baker after Ohtani received extended between-innings warm-up time when switching from hitting to pitching.
- The MLB rulebook permits delaying the between-innings timer when the pitcher ends an inning on base, on deck, or at bat, and a 2023 change lets umpires grant extra time for special circumstances, as rules analyst Mark Carlson explained on FOX.
- The decision drew online criticism alleging favoritism, while Ohtani also recorded a first-inning single, becoming the first pitcher with a hit in a World Series Game 7 since 1986.