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

The defending champions ended Toronto’s late-game comeback with a dramatic game-ending twin killing, silencing a Rogers Centre audience that had come ready to cheer the city’s first title in over three decades.

Game 6 Summary

Los Angeles produced all of their offense in the third inning. With two outs, Ohtani was purposely passed before Smith doubled to left field to score Tommy Edman. Freddie Freeman drew a walk to load the bases, and Betts delivered with a two-run single to the opposite field, giving the Dodgers a 3–0 lead.

That key hit broke a postseason slump and revived the title holders' aspirations of being the first repeat championship winners since the New York Yankees captured three consecutive from 1998 to 2000.

Pitching Duel

Gausman had been dominant to that point, striking out six of the initial seven Dodgers he faced. He fanned eight through three frames, tying a World Series record, but the third-inning barrage proved costly. The Blue Jays' star ended with 8 Ks over six frames, yielding three earned runs on three hits and two free passes.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, in contrast, was steady again under pressure. The 27-year-old right-hander outpitched his counterpart for the second time in a seven days, allowing a single run on five hits over six innings with six strikeouts. He boosted his record to 4–1 this postseason with a 1.56 ERA.

The lone score against him came on Springer’s two-out base hit in the third, driving in Barger, who had doubled previously in the frame. Springer’s hit offered a momentary lift in his return to the lineup after sitting out a pair of contests with an side strain.

Relief Heroics

After that, the Dodgers’ bullpen carried the load. Rookie Wrobleski got out of a jam in the seventh, and another rookie Rōki Sasaki worked into the ninth before hitting Alejandro Kirk to open the frame. Addison Barger followed with a two-base hit that became wedged under the outfield wall, obliging base runners to stay at second and third base.

Tyler Glasnow, Los Angeles’ third game starting pitcher, entered in a relief role and induced a pop fly before Andrés Giménez hit a line drive to left field. Hernández made the catch and threw to second base to retire the runner, clinching the victory and earning Glasnow his first-ever save.

Looking Ahead: Seventh Game

The series now boils down to one game. Scherzer will take the mound for Toronto, making him the only living pitcher to start multiple World Series Game 7s after accomplishing that in the 2019 season with Washington. The 40-year-old signed a single-season contract to pursue another championship and has been a vocal leader throughout this postseason.

The Los Angeles squad, aiming to be baseball’s initial repeat title winners in almost 25 years, are expected to rely on their two-way star for a brief appearance.