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The championship series is headed to a decisive Game 7 following the Dodgers kept their repeat hopes alive Friday night with a three to one victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 6.

The reigning title holders ended Toronto’s ninth-inning rally with a dramatic final double play, silencing a Rogers Centre audience that had come ready to celebrate the city’s first title in over three decades.

Sixth Game Summary

Los Angeles produced all of their scoring in the third frame. With two away, Shohei Ohtani was intentionally walked before Will Smith doubled to left to bring home Edman. Freddie Freeman earned a base on balls to fill the bases, and Betts came through with a two-run single to the opposite field, giving the Dodgers a 3–0 advantage.

Betts’ hit snapped a postseason slump and revived the title holders' hopes of being the initial back-to-back World Series winners since the New York Yankees won three straight from 1998 to 2000.

Mound Duel

Kevin Gausman had been nearly unhittable to that point, fanning six of the initial seven Dodgers he confronted. He fanned eight through three innings, matching a World Series mark, but the third-frame rally proved decisive. The Toronto ace ended with eight strikeouts over six frames, allowing three earned runs on three hits and two walks.

Yamamoto, meanwhile, was solid again under stress. The righty outpitched his counterpart for the second time in a seven days, giving up a single run on five hits over six innings with six strikeouts. He boosted his record to 4–1 this postseason with a 1.56 ERA.

The only run against him came on George Springer two-out base hit in the third, driving in Addison Barger, who had hit a double previously in the frame. Springer’s hit offered a momentary lift in his comeback to the lineup after missing two games with an oblique injury.

Relief Heroics

After that, the Dodgers’ bullpen carried the load. First-year pitcher Justin Wrobleski escaped a tight spot in the seventh inning, and fellow rookie Rōki Sasaki pitched into the ninth inning before hitting Alejandro Kirk to open the inning. Addison Barger then hit a two-base hit that became wedged under the left-center-field fence, obliging runners to hold at second and third.

Tyler Glasnow, Los Angeles’ Game 3 starting pitcher, came on in relief and induced a pop fly before Andrés Giménez lined to left. Enrique Hernández made the catch and fired to second base to retire Barger, clinching the win and giving Glasnow his first-ever save.

Next Up: Game 7

The best-of-seven now boils down to a single contest. Max Scherzer will take the mound for the Blue Jays, making him the only living pitcher to pitch in multiple World Series Game 7s after doing so in the 2019 season with the Nationals. The veteran inked a single-season contract to chase one more title and has been a vocal leader throughout this playoff run.

The Los Angeles squad, aiming to become the sport's first back-to-back title winners in nearly a quarter-century, are projected to rely on their two-way star for a brief appearance.