Narrow Dodgers win sets up World Series decider

The Los Angeles Dodgers bounced backmost to hit nan Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 and group up a deciding seventh crippled successful nan World Series aft tying nan bid astatine 3-3.

Dodgers head Dave Roberts shuffled his batting bid aft back-to-back location defeats, and it took them until nan 3rd inning astatine Toronto's Rogers Centre conscionable to get a man connected base, erstwhile Will Smith and Mookie Betts drove successful runs to put them 3-0 ahead.

George Springer's crisp statement thrust reduced nan deficit, but Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto kept nan hosts successful check, giving up conscionable that 1 tally successful six innings pitched.

Neither broadside was capable to people a tally aft nan 3rd inning, and some sides stranded aggregate baserunners arsenic nan Dodgers held connected for victory.

The Blue Jays will consciousness aggrieved aft a arguable umpiring telephone prevented them from levelling nan people successful nan bottommost of nan ninth inning.

Toronto's Alejandro Kirk was deed by a transportation from reliever Roki Sasaki and replaced by speedy pinch-runner Myles Straw, earlier Addison Barger's statement thrust wedged nether nan wall successful near centre field.

But alternatively of allowing Straw and Barger to score, nan play was ruled to beryllium a ground norm double,, external putting nan runners connected 2nd and third.

A crushed norm double is typically signalled erstwhile a shot deed adjacent is deemed to beryllium intolerable to section successful nan layout of a peculiar stadium, specified arsenic erstwhile it becomes trapped nether a tarpaulin, and runners are allowed to beforehand by 2 bases.

The hosts challenged nan call, arguing that a fielder could easy person retrieved nan ball, but nan on-field determination was upheld by video review.

And pinch nan tying tally successful scoring position, Andres Gimenez drove into a double play to extremity nan game.

Earlier, nan Dodgers drew first humor connected Halloween nighttime arsenic Tommy Edman doubled, Shohei Ohtani was intentionally walked, and Smith's double to near section sent Edman home.

Freddie Freeman drew a locomotion to load nan bases, and Betts' two-run azygous gave nan visitors what proved to beryllium a decisive lead to unit a decider.

Game 7 takes spot connected Saturday evening, again astatine nan Rogers Centre.

Game 1: Blue Jays 11-4 Dodgers

Game 2: Blue Jays 1-5 Dodgers

Game 3: Dodgers 6-5 Blue Jays

Game 4: Dodgers 2-6 Blue Jays

Game 5: Dodgers 1-6 Blue Jays

Game 6: Blue Jays 1-3 Dodgers

Game 7 (in Toronto): Saturday, 1 November

Matches commencement 20:00 Eastern Time (early adjacent greeting UK time), Home squad listed first