1 of 5 | Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto smiles as he walks off the mound in the sixth inning of Game 6 of the World Series on Friday in Toronto. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI | License Photo
Yoshinobu Yamamoto mixed cliff-diving curveballs with wickedly violent fastballs to dominate the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday in Game 6 of the World Series, staving off elimination for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Dodgers’ pitcher allowed five hits and one run to pace the 3-1 triumph in Toronto. Shortstop Mookie Betts, who went 3 for 23 (.130) through the first five games of the World Series, reached base twice and recorded a two-run single in Game 6. Catcher Will Smith logged an RBI double.
“I know it hasn’t been great for me,” Betts said on the Fox broadcast. “This year hasn’t been great. I just want to be there to help the boys. I came up in a big spot. … I just was able to find a way to lock in.”
The Blue Jays will host the Dodgers in Game 7 on Saturday in Toronto.
“This is do or die,” Dodgers managers Dave Roberts said. “You’ve got to leave it all out there and pick up the pieces.”
Yamamoto and Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman did not allow a hit through the first two innings. The Dodgers got to Gasuman in the third, with center fielder Tommy Edman starting the deluge with a double to right field. Smith proceeded to plate Edman with a double to left three at-bats later for first blood.
Betts scored designated hitter Shohei Ohtani and Smith with his ground ball single to left field two at-bats later.
Veteran designated hitter George Springer, who returned from an absence caused by an upper-body injury, cut into the deficit with an RBI single in the third, but the Blue Jays didn’t score again. Yamamoto and the Dodgers bullpen foiled several Blue Jays threats down the stretch to preserve the victory.
Relief pitcher Roki Sasaki hit Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk with a pitch to start the bottom of the ninth. Right fielder Addison Barger doubled in the next exchange to give the Blue Jays runners on second and third base with no outs.
Roberts then opted to replace Sasaki with Tyler Glasnow, who was slated to start Game 7. Glasnow got out of the final jam by first forcing third baseman Ernie Clement into a pop out. Shortstop Andres Gimenez lined into a game-ending double play in the next exchange.
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Sasaki, Glasnow and Justin Wrobleski combined to allow three hits over the final three innings of Game 6. No Dodgers players recorded multiple hits in the victory.
Springer, Barger and Clement logged two hits apiece in the loss. Gausman allowed three hits and three runs over six innings to drop to 2-3 this postseason.
First pitch for Game 7 is set for 8 p.m. EDT Saturday on Fox.
