"This thoroughly excellent World Series will go seven games because it needs to go seven games. Not "needs to" in the wishful sense employed by my colleague Ray Ratto, the inveterate maximum- sports- wanter -who, by the grace of the blog gods will be in this chair to write the gamer-but needs to because six games has settled nothing. The Dodgers and Blue Jays bring out the best in each other, or barring that the most histrionic."
"With the tying runs in scoring position and one out, Andres Gimenez made solid inside-out contact on a pitch from Tyler Glasnow, the presumed Game 7 starter, but in to try to preserve a victory that felt like it was slipping away. Addison Barger at second was off on contact; he said he didn't realize Gimenez got quite so much of the barrel on it, and that he thought it was going to bloop in just over the shortstop,"
The World Series between the Dodgers and Blue Jays will extend to seven games because six games failed to produce a definitive outcome. The teams are closely matched, producing swings of momentum and dramatic, histrionic moments. Game 6 featured a tense, low-scoring duel, a late Dodgers rally, and a wild ninth inning that left outcomes unresolved until the final outs. A pivotal play involved Andres Gimenez and Addison Barger, where a well-hit ball unexpectedly hung up and altered the scoring opportunity. Strong pitching from Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Kevin Gausman, a Mookie Betts breakout, and bullpen decisions amplified the series' volatility.
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