Addison Barger Explains ‘bad Read’ Baserunning Blunder That Ended World Series Game 6

Could this World Series extremity immoderate different way? The Dodgers forced a Game 7 pinch a thrilling 3–1 triumph complete nan Blue Jays astatine Rogers Centre Friday. Toronto astir pulled disconnected a miraculous ninth-inning comeback erstwhile Addison Barger deed a controversial ground-rule double to left-center section aft nan shot was wedged betwixt nan informing way and nan padded wall.

The ground-rule double took a tally distant from nan Blue Jays arsenic Myles Straw would person easy scored from first base, but he was put astatine 3rd pinch nan call. After Barger’s extra-base hit, nan Dodgers went to Tyler Glasnow (who was due successful nan rotation to commencement Game 7) to activity themselves retired of nan jam pinch nary outs and 2 runners successful scoring position.

Glasnow remarkably needed conscionable 3 pitches to grounds nan prevention and person nan Dodgers flight pinch nan win. Game 6 ended pinch a chaotic double play disconnected a liner from Andrés Giménez wherever outfielder Kiké Hernández played shallow and was capable to make nan drawback and double disconnected Barger astatine second.

Following nan game, nan Jays’ correct fielder admitted he didn’t publication nan shot good disconnected nan bat, which caused him to drift person to 3rd and get caught connected nan guidelines paths.

“I was beautiful amazed he sewage to it,” Barger said postgame via ESPN’s Jesse Rogers. “Off nan bat, I thought it was going to spell [right] complete nan shortstop's head. I didn't deliberation it was going to recreation that far. It was benignant of a bad read.”

It was a smart play by Hernández and possibly moreover a amended scoop by 2nd baseman Miguel Rojas. This year’s Fall Classic continues to deliver. It’s only correct it ends pinch a Game 7, pinch first transportation scheduled 8 p.m. ET astatine Rogers Centre Saturday.

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