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The Toronto Blue Jays were looking to party like it’s 1993.
That was the last time the MLB team won the World Series – their second in a row.
But it wasn’t meant to be in Game 6 of the World Series at home at Rogers Centre.
On the cusp of a World Series win, the Jays instead must play Game 7 after losing to the L.A. Dodgers 3-1.
Unlike the immediate runs scored in Game 5, the two sides weren’t on the board by the end of the second inning.
At the top of the third, Will Smith hit an RBI to give the Dodgers a 1-0 lead, which increased to 3-0 with men on the bases.
The Jays got their first run after George Springer hit a lead off double, sending Addison Barger home.
The score didn’t change through the eight, but in the sixth, Ernie Clement tied the record set by 1992 World Series MVP Pat Borders with the longest post-season hit streak.
A pitching change in the eight caused some issues for the Jays before a rally that never came to be in the ninth. The score never changing, forcing Game 7.
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World Series So Far
The Jays took the lead in the best-of-seven series in Game 1 with a commanding 11-4 victory over the Dodgers in Rogers Centre. In Game 2, the Dodgers answered the call by winning 5-4 while in Toronto. Game 3 was a heartbreaking loss for the Jays after an 18-inning marathon game, losing 6-5 in Los Angeles. But the Jays came back strong in Game 4 to tie up the series with a score of 6-2. Jays took back the lead in the series in Game 5 with a 6-1 win.
In Game six, Kevin Gausman was on the mound for the Jays while Yoshinobu Yamamoto will pitch for L.A.. In Game 2, the Jay’s left-handed starting pitcher gave up a run on a pair of two-out hits in the first inning but then proceeded to retire 17 straight batters.
Gausman accomplished his longest career postseason outing by throwing 59 of 82 pitches for strikes while registering for a quality start.
The Dodger’s right-handed Japanese-born pitcher helped his team win Game 2 of the series, allowing only one run on four hits and no walks and struck out eight batters as he pitched all nine innings.
—with files from The Canadian Press
