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The World Series is headed to a decisive Game 7 after the Dodgers kept alive their repeat hopes intact on Friday with a three to one win over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 6.

The defending champions ended Toronto’s late-game comeback with a dramatic game-ending twin killing, stunning a home crowd that had come ready to celebrate the team's first title in 32 years.

Sixth Game Summary

Los Angeles generated all of their scoring in the third inning. With two outs, Shohei Ohtani was purposely passed before Smith hit a two-bagger to left field to bring home Edman. Freeman earned a base on balls to load the bases, and Mookie Betts delivered with a two-RBI hit to left, giving the Dodgers a 3–0 advantage.

That key hit broke a playoff dry spell and revived the title holders' aspirations of becoming the first repeat championship victors since the New York Yankees won three straight from 1998 to 2000.

Mound Battle

Kevin Gausman had been dominant to that stage, fanning half a dozen of the first seven batters he confronted. He fanned eight through three frames, tying a Fall Classic record, but the third-frame rally proved costly. The Blue Jays' star finished with eight strikeouts over six innings, allowing three earned runs on three safeties and two walks.

Yamamoto, meanwhile, was steady again under stress. The righty outpitched his counterpart for the second time in a seven days, allowing one run on five hits over six innings with six Ks. He improved to four wins and one loss this postseason with a 1.56 ERA.

The lone score against him resulted from George Springer two-out single in the third, scoring Addison Barger, who had hit a double earlier in the inning. That single offered a brief spark in his return to the starting nine after missing a pair of contests with an oblique injury.

Bullpen Heroics

After that, the Dodgers’ bullpen took over. Rookie Justin Wrobleski escaped a jam in the seventh, and another rookie Sasaki pitched into the ninth inning before hitting Alejandro Kirk to start the frame. Addison Barger followed with a two-base hit that became wedged under the outfield wall, obliging base runners to hold at second and third.

Tyler Glasnow, the Dodgers' Game 3 starting pitcher, came on in relief and induced a pop fly before Andrés Giménez lined to left. Hernández caught the ball and threw to second base to retire Barger, clinching the victory and giving the pitcher his first-ever save.

Looking Ahead: Seventh Game

The best-of-seven now comes down to one game. Max Scherzer will start for the Blue Jays, becoming the only living pitcher to pitch in multiple World Series Game 7s after doing so in the 2019 season with Washington. The 40-year-old signed a one-year deal to pursue another championship and has been a outspoken presence throughout this postseason.

The Dodgers, looking to be baseball’s first back-to-back champions in almost 25 years, are projected to rely on their two-way star for a short outing.