World Series, game 6: Yamamoto pitches Dodgers to victory, forces World Series to decider
Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s dominant display and early three-run inning seal LA Dodgers victory over Blue Jays
The Los Angeles Dodgers, fuelled by a three-run third inning and another dominant pitching performance from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Friday to force a decisive World Series Game 7.
The defending champion Dodgers had to dig deep to thwart the Blue Jays’ ninth-inning rally bid and knot Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven championship series at three games apiece.
They kept their bid for the first title repeat in 25 years alive while the Blue Jays will be aiming to claim their first title in 32 years when they host the decider on Saturday.
Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow, scheduled to start the final clash, stepped in with Blue Jays runners on second and third with no outs in the ninth.
He induced a fly out from Ernie Clement before Andres Gimenez hit into a game-ending double play.
“This is do or die,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of sending in Glasnow after closer Roki Sasaki got into trouble.