Blue Jays Manager Says Only One Thing ‘sucks’ About Rebounding From Game 3 Loss

As nan Dodgers swarmed nan section and nan crowd astatine Dodger Stadium lit up adjacent to midnight connected nan West Coast successful ceremony of Freddie Freeman hitting a walk-off location run to yet extremity Game 3 of nan World Series in nan 18th inning, nan Blue Jays solemnly walked disconnected nan section arsenic they fell to 1-2 successful nan series.

The Blue Jays and Dodgers became tied astatine 5-5 during nan seventh inning connected Monday night, and for complete 10 innings, neither squad could negociate different run. The Blue Jays held beardown for 8 other innings arsenic they saw aggregate changes to their lineup while reliever Eric Lauer came done pinch 4.2 scoreless innings precocious successful nan game. Unfortunately for them, they were incapable to negociate different tally and could not clasp connected immoderate longer erstwhile Freeman came to nan sheet for nan past time.

Though it was an perfectly disheartening loss—one that statistically gives nan Dodgers an edge according to past results—Blue Jays head John Schneider reminded everyone aft nan game, "The Dodgers didn't triumph nan World Series today, they won a game."

Since nan crippled went until almost midnight connected nan West Coast, some nan Dodgers and Blue Jays person a short turnaround earlier they play again connected Tuesday. The position of George Springer, who near nan crippled early pinch discomfort successful his correct side, is uncertain, but different Schneider feels his squad will beryllium fresh to spell for Game 4.

"This group is going to beryllium fresh to play tomorrow," Schneider said. "It's longest crippled successful World Series history, tied for it. These guys are enjoying it, they were successful nan correct mindset and nan correct headspace nan full time. It sucks that it's precocious correct now and we sewage to travel backmost and do it again tomorrow, but these guys are gonna beryllium much than ready."

The bully news for nan Blue Jays is that nan past clip nan Dodgers played successful an 18-inning World Series Game 3, successful 2018, they went connected to suffer nan bid to nan Red Sox. The difference, though, was Boston had a 2-0 bid lead entering Game 3.

Shane Bieber will commencement for nan Blue Jays connected Tuesday while their lineup pinch look Shohei Ohtani, who's getting nan commencement for nan Dodgers successful Game 4. The Blue Jays will look to rebound and get nan triumph to moreover nan bid astatine 2-2. If not, they'll autumn to 1-3 successful nan series, a shortage only six teams person flooded successful World Series history.

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