Dodgers Escape Ninth-inning Jam, Force Game 7 With Epic Double Play

In nan ninth inning of Game 6 of nan World Series Saturday, nan ghosts of nan Blue Jays' past World Series titles appeared to travel to life—taunting nan Dodgers arsenic Toronto put runners connected 2nd and 3rd pinch an oculus toward winning it all.

Not truthful fast. Glove-first Blue Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez came to nan sheet pinch 1 retired against pitcher Tyler Glasnow. With Rogers Centre roaring, Giménez deed a crisp alert shot toward near fielder Kiké Hernández. Hernández snared nan fly, alertly fired to 2nd base, and doubled disconnected correct fielder Addison Barger to decorativeness disconnected an instantly celebrated double play.

When 2nd baseman Miguel Rojas stepped connected nan bag, it ensured that nan World Series would scope a Game 7 for nan first clip since 2019.

Who will commencement that Game 7 for Los Angeles is simply a mystery; Glasnow, speculated arsenic nan apical candidate, threw conscionable 3 pitches. Shohei Ohtani is besides expected to beryllium disposable connected nan mound.

Toronto hasn't won nan World Series successful 3 decades, and nary squad has won back-to-back World Series titles since nan Yankees astatine nan move of nan century. Something has to give, and will.

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