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This year's World Series is going to a decisive seventh game after the Los Angeles Dodgers kept alive their repeat hopes alive on Friday with a three to one win over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 6.

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

Game 6 Summary

Los Angeles produced all of their scoring in the third inning. With two outs, Ohtani was purposely passed before Smith hit a two-bagger to left to score Edman. Freeman earned a base on balls to fill the bases, and Mookie Betts came through with a two-RBI hit to the opposite field, handing the Dodgers a 3–0 lead.

Betts’ hit snapped a postseason slump and revived the title holders' hopes of being the initial back-to-back championship winners since the Yankees won three consecutive from 1998 to 2000.

Mound Duel

Gausman had been nearly unhittable to that point, fanning half a dozen of the first seven batters he faced. He fanned eight through three frames, matching a Fall Classic mark, but the third-inning barrage proved costly. The Blue Jays' star ended with eight strikeouts over six innings, yielding three runs on three safeties and two walks.

Yamamoto, in contrast, was steady again under stress. The 27-year-old right-hander outpitched his counterpart for the second time in a week, giving up one run on five base hits over six innings with six Ks. He boosted his record to four wins and one loss this postseason with a 1.56 ERA.

The only run against him resulted from Springer’s two-out base hit in the third, driving in Barger, who had hit a double earlier in the inning. That single offered a brief spark in his comeback to the starting nine after sitting out a pair of contests with an side strain.

Bullpen Effort

From there, the Los Angeles relievers took over. Rookie Wrobleski got out of a jam in the seventh, and another rookie Rōki Sasaki worked into the ninth before plunking Alejandro Kirk to start the inning. Barger then hit a double that became wedged under the outfield wall, forcing base runners to stay at second and third base.

Glasnow, the Dodgers' Game 3 starter, entered in a relief role and induced a pop fly before Andrés Giménez hit a line drive to left field. Enrique Hernández made the catch and fired to second to double off Barger, sealing the win and earning Glasnow his first career save.

Looking Ahead: Game 7

The best-of-seven now comes down to a single contest. Max Scherzer will take the mound for Toronto, becoming the sole active hurler to start multiple seventh games of the World Series after doing so in the 2019 season with Washington. The 40-year-old signed a one-year deal to pursue one more title and has been a vocal leader throughout this postseason.

The Los Angeles squad, looking to become baseball’s first back-to-back champions in nearly a quarter-century, are projected to lean on their two-way star for a brief appearance.