Dodgers Make Significant Lineup Tweaks For World Series Game 5 Vs. Blue Jays

The Dodgers are shaking things up ahead of World Series Game 5, making a brace of important tweaks to nan lineup after dropping Game 4 connected Tuesday night.

Moving up successful nan lineup and taking Mookie Betts's spot arsenic nan No. 2 hitter for Wednesday's crippled will beryllium catcher Will Smith. Betts will move down to No. 3, wherever Freddie Freeman had been batting. Freeman will deed fourth. Betts, contempt batting down Shohei Ohtani, whom Toronto has been remarkably cautious astir pitching to, hasn't been excessively productive successful nan postseason. He's recorded 3 hits successful nan World Series, each singles, and has conscionable a .688 OPS successful nan playoffs.

Additionally, Andy Pages is moving to nan chair successful favour of Alex Call, who will commencement successful near field. Pages has struggled astatine nan sheet successful nan postseason, pinch conscionable 4 hits successful 50 at-bats. He's collected conscionable 1 deed successful nan World Series, prompting Dave Roberts to region him from nan starting lineup successful favour of Call. With Call successful near section and batting ninth, Kike Hernández will beryllium successful halfway field.

Pages had been playing halfway field, truthful nan Dodgers will beryllium making a alteration to their attack connected defense, too.

With nan bid knotted astatine 2–2, it's guaranteed that nan teams return to Rogers Centre for nan closeout game, whether that beryllium Game 6 aliases Game 7. Los Angeles was considered a dense favourite heading into nan Fall Classic, and nan truth that nan Blue Jays person won moreover 2 games is simply a astonishment to many. Now, nan Dodgers will beryllium hoping these lineup changes tin propel them to a important triumph successful Game 5 earlier they return to Toronto.

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