A classic World Series will have the most fitting ending: a winner-take-all Game 7. The Los Angeles Dodgers forced the decisive game on Friday evening with a thrilling 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, which ended in dramatic fashion.
The Blue Jays finally got the tying run to second base with no one out in the bottom of the ninth, only to watch the Dodgers bring in Tyler Glasnow — who would start Game 7 — and have him wiggle his way out of trouble in just three pitches.
Here’s how he did it, along with some key insights from Friday’s game.
Dodgers win with dramatic, walk-off double play
After Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk led off the bottom of the ninth by being hit by a pitch, Addison Barger doubled to left center field. While it was a huge hit for Barger, it will likely be one that will likely haunt Blue Jays fans for a long time depending on the outcome of Game 7.
Because the ball was stuck under the padding of the left-center field wall, the umpires called it an automatic double and left pinch runner Myles Straw on third and Barger on second. It is possible, if not probable, that Straw would have scored if the ball had not gotten stuck under the wall.
Glasnow entered the match at that point in a brutally difficult position.
After striking out Ernie Clement on the first pitch, he got Andres Gimenez to hit a looping line drive to left field, which was caught by Enrique Hernandez, who then doubled off Barger at second base.
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