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The World Series is going to a final seventh game following the Dodgers kept alive their repeat hopes alive Friday night with a three to one win over the Blue Jays in Game 6.

The reigning title holders ended Toronto’s ninth-inning rally with a thrilling game-ending twin killing, silencing a home crowd that had come ready to celebrate the team's championship in 32 years.

Game 6 Recap

The Dodgers produced all of their scoring in the third inning. With two outs, Ohtani was intentionally walked before Will Smith doubled to left to score Tommy Edman. Freddie Freeman earned a base on balls to load the bases, and Betts came through with a two-RBI hit to left, handing the Dodgers a 3–0 lead.

That key hit broke a playoff dry spell and rekindled the defending champions’ hopes of becoming the initial back-to-back championship victors since the Yankees won three straight from 1998 through 2000.

Mound Battle

Kevin Gausman had been nearly unhittable to that stage, striking out six of the first seven batters he faced. He struck out eight through three innings, tying a World Series mark, but the third-inning barrage proved costly. The Blue Jays' star finished with 8 Ks over six innings, allowing three runs on three safeties and two walks.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, in contrast, was solid again under stress. The righty outpitched Gausman for the second occasion in a seven days, giving up a single run on five hits over six frames with six strikeouts. He boosted his record to 4–1 this playoffs with a 1.56 ERA.

The only run against him resulted from Springer’s two-out base hit in the third inning, driving in Addison Barger, who had hit a double earlier in the inning. That single offered a momentary lift in his comeback to the lineup after sitting out a pair of contests with an oblique injury.

Bullpen Heroics

After that, the Los Angeles relievers carried the load. First-year pitcher Justin Wrobleski escaped a tight spot in the seventh inning, and another rookie Sasaki worked into the ninth before plunking Alejandro Kirk to open the frame. Barger then hit a double that became wedged under the left-center-field fence, obliging runners to stay at second and third.

Glasnow, Los Angeles’ Game 3 starting pitcher, entered in relief and induced a popout before Andrés Giménez hit a line drive to left field. Hernández caught the ball and threw to second base to double off Barger, sealing the win and giving Glasnow his first-ever successful save.

Next Up: Seventh Game

The series now boils down to a single contest. Scherzer will take the mound for the Blue Jays, making him the sole active hurler to pitch in more than one World Series Game 7s after doing so in the 2019 season with Washington. The 40-year-old signed a single-season contract to chase one more title and has been a outspoken presence throughout this playoff run.

The Dodgers, aiming to become baseball’s first back-to-back title winners in almost 25 years, are expected to lean on Shohei Ohtani for a short outing.