Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Veteran Toronto starter Max Scherzer exited the game with a 3-1 lead in the fifth inning, and the Dodgers rallied in the sixth when Tommy Edman’s sacrifice bunt scored Mookie Betts to cut the deficit to one run.
The Blue Jays came back when Ernie Clement’s stolen base put him in position for Gimenez to score with a double to right field.
As is customary in Game 7 of the World Series, both sides made frequent pitching changes, even turning to starting pitchers from earlier in the series.
Trey Yesavage, who had started games one and five for Toronto, gave up a solo home run to Muncie in the eighth before Rojas’ final strikeout to Jeff Hoffman tied the score.
Toronto loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth but failed to spark a run, and the Dodgers did the same in the 10th as expectations rose but both sides waved their lines.
It was just the sixth time in history that a World Series game seven had gone to extra innings, and Smith’s homer put the Dodgers within sight of the title.
The Blue Jays came tantalizingly close to taking it to the 12th inning or even winning it with a shutout, but Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the Dodgers’ winning pitcher in games two and six, earned another win in relief and was named the series MVP.
