Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Gave Blue Jays Game 3 Lead With The Coolest Slide Into Home Plate

The Blue Jays and Dodgers are battling it retired successful Game 3 of nan 2025 World Series, and Toronto's prima conscionable gave his squad nan lead pinch an unthinkable descent into location plate.

With nan crippled tied 4-4 successful nan apical of nan seventh inning and 2 outs, Guerrero poked a azygous into halfway disconnected Blake Treinen. Bo Bichette stepped successful adjacent and lined a 1-2 transportation up nan first guidelines statement past L.A.'s Freddie Freeman. The shot took an overseas bounce and ricocheted into shallow correct field. Guerrero ne'er collapsed stride and attempted to people each nan measurement from first, while Dodgers correct fielder Teoscar Hernandez fielded nan shot and came up throwing. That's erstwhile it happened.

As Guerrero chugged towards home, Hernandez's propulsion came successful wide of nan plate. Catcher Will Smith reached to drawback it, past dove backmost successful an effort to return nan Blue Jays' first baseman. As he lunged toward nan plate, Guerrero slid successful and slapped nan sheet pinch his correct manus conscionable up of Smith's glove.

The afloat play is below:

And here's a person look astatine Guerrero's unthinkable slide:

That's astonishing and gave Toronto a 5-4 lead heading into nan bottommost of nan seventh. If nan Blue Jays extremity up winning this one, that's nan play of nan bid truthful far.

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