LA Dodgers hold on in Toronto to force winner-take-all Game 7 in World Series
Yamamoto brilliant again as Dodgers win Game 6
The Los Angeles Dodgers stayed alive on Friday night, getting to Toronto Blue Jays ace Kevin Gausman for three runs in the third inning to win 3-1 and even the World Series at three games apiece. Baseball fans around the world will be treated to a winner-take-all Game 7 on Saturday, with the Dodgers looking to become the first team to win consecutive titles since 2000. The Blue Jays, meanwhile, will try to play spoiler and complete the upset to win their first World Series since 1993.
After the Dodgers offense struggled in the first four games of the series, slashing just .201/.296/.354 as a team, manager Dave Roberts shuffled his lineup ahead of Game 5. But it failed, as the Dodgers managed just four hits and one run against Blue Jays rookie Trey Yesavage and his bullpen. Roberts made a couple more minor changes before Game 6, however, inserting steely veteran Miguel Rojas into the lineup at second base and batting ninth while pushing Tommy Edman to center field and hitting eighth, hoping to get more out of the bottom of his lineup. I just felt, again, the net sum of having both those guys in there, that's how we had to construct it, and I feel great about it," Roberts said before the game.
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