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| George Springer drove in the only Blue Jays run in a 3-1 loss to the Dodgers |
After a huge win thanks to some early timely hitting and a stellar pitching performance from Trey Yesavage, the Blue Jays were looking for 3 straight wins and to finish off their 3rd world series title. Kevin Gausman got the start with Alejandro Kirk behind the plate. George Springer was back in the lineup as DH after missing a couple of games with an oblique strain. Bo Bichette was back in the field at 2B. Nathan Lukes got the start in LF. Could the Blue Jays make it 3 straight wins and finish off their 3rd world series title? Here is tonight's game recap.
Game Highlights:
- The dodgers opened the scoring in the top of the 3rd as Will Smith doubled scoring Tommy Edman
- Two batters later, Mookie Betts singled scoring Shohei Ohtani and Smith
- The Blue Jays got one back in the bottom half of the inning as George Springer singled smiting Addison Barger
- Kevin Gausman pitching line: 6IP 3H 3R (all earned) 2BB 8K 93 pitches (63 for strikes)\
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitching line: 6IP 5H 1R (earned) 1BB 6K 96 pitches (63 for strikes)
- Tyler Glasnow got the last 3 outs for his 1st save of the postseason
- Final score: Dodgers 3 Blue Jays 1
My Take:
- Kevin Gausman fired 6 strong innings, giving up 3 runs on 3 hitd while walking 2 and striking out 8. He had out streaks of 6 and 9 batters, including striking out the side in the 1st inning that saw him face 2 former MVPs (Ohtani and Freeman. Gausman did his part and lost because of one bad inning essentially. Too bad he couldn't help himself offensively like Ohtani can.
- The bullpen threw 3 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and 2 walks. Chris Bassitt and Louis Varland both retitred every batter they faced. Tomorrow night, virtually everyone but Gausnan will be available to pitch seeing as it id the final game of the season and everyone will get at least 3 months to recover (it's likely there will be a work stoppsage in 2026)
- The bats were relatively quiet today with George Springer knocking in the only Blue Jays run. They blew a golden chance to at least send the game to extra innings with terrible at bats by Ernie Clement and Andres Gimenez. Addison Barger alsi made a brutal base running mistake which would have brought Springer to the plate had he stayed on or near the bag, They had their chances to rally and chip away at the lead. The silver lining is they very likely won't see Yannamoto until 2026.
- The Blue Jays were 1-9 with runners in scoring position
- Up next, the Blue Jays get one more chance to secure world series title #3. Max Scherzer starts for the Blue Jays. The Dodgers haven't announced a starter for gane 7 yet.