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Are we all stressed out yet? How are your fingernails doing?
Game 7 at Rogers Centre tonight will decide the World Series. The Dodgers forced tonight’s winner-take-all with a 3-1 victory in Toronto on Friday, setting up a marquee pitching matchup: Max Scherzer for the Blue Jays and Shohei Ohtani for the Dodgers. First pitch is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET. Reports indicate Ohtani will start on three days’ rest.
Game 6 featured Yoshinobu Yamamoto working 6 innings of one-run ball before Los Angeles covered the final nine outs with Justin Wrobleski in the seventh, Roki Sasaki in the eighth, and Tyler Glasnow for the ninth. Glasnow recorded the save on three pitches, ending the game with a line-drive double play started by Kiké Hernández. Kevin Gausman started for Toronto.
Scherzer’s assignment gives Toronto a starter with extensive World Series history. He has started Fall Classic games with Detroit in 2012, Washington in 2019, and Texas in 2023, and he took the ball in the most recent Game 7 back in 2019. Scherzer will become the fourth pitcher to start multiple winner-take-all World Series games, joining Bob Gibson, Lew Burdette, and Don Larsen.
| Rk | Player | B | PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | SH | SF | IBB | HBP | GIDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freddie Freeman | L | 63 | 53 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | .208 | .317 | .453 | .770 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Michael Conforto | L | 48 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 17 | .286 | .375 | .595 | .970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Miguel Rojas | R | 41 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .243 | .317 | .405 | .722 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Max Muncy | L | 23 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | .235 | .435 | .412 | .847 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Tommy Edman | B | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .364 | .462 | .727 | 1.189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Mookie Betts | R | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .300 | .417 | .700 | 1.117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Teoscar Hernández | R | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Kiké Hernández | R | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Shohei Ohtani | L | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Alex Call | R | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Clayton Kershaw | L | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Andy Pages | R | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Will Smith | R | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Alex Freeland | B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Esteury Ruiz | R | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ohtani is expected to start on short rest so he can remain in the game as a hitter after he leaves the mound. Under the two-way player usage rules, if he starts as a pitcher, he may continue as the designated hitter upon removal; if he were to enter only in relief and not finish the game on the mound, the Dodgers would forfeit the DH. Los Angeles has mapped out coverage behind him: Glasnow is lined up for bulk innings after throwing only three pitches in Friday’s save, Blake Snell is likely available in some capacity, and Sasaki, who threw 33 pitches with an up-down in Game 6, could be a leverage option.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. enters Game 7 with seven home runs and 28 hits across this postseason. Ernie Clement has provided high-contact output, batting .397 with a .947 OPS in the postseason. Alejandro Kirk has added power from the catcher spot with five postseason home runs and an .838 OPS. George Springer, who exited Game 3 with right-side discomfort, returned to the lineup for Game 6; Bo Bichette, activated for the Series after a left knee sprain, played the full Game 6 at second base and remains limited on the bases.







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