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This year's World Series is going to a decisive seventh game following the Los Angeles Dodgers kept their repeat dreams intact on Friday with a three to one victory over the Blue Jays in Game 6.

The reigning title holders halted Toronto’s late-game comeback with a dramatic final twin killing, silencing a Rogers Centre audience that had arrived prepared to cheer the team's first title in 32 years.

Game 6 Recap

Los Angeles generated all of their scoring in the third inning. With two outs, Ohtani was intentionally walked before Will Smith doubled to left to bring home Tommy Edman. Freddie Freeman drew a walk to load the bases, and Betts came through with a two-run single to the opposite field, giving the Dodgers a three-run lead.

Betts’ hit snapped a postseason slump and revived the title holders' hopes of becoming the first repeat championship victors since the New York Yankees captured three consecutive from 1998 through 2000.

Pitching Duel

Kevin Gausman had been nearly unhittable to that stage, fanning half a dozen of the first seven batters he faced. He struck out 8 through three frames, tying a Fall Classic mark, but the third-frame rally proved costly. The Blue Jays' star ended with 8 Ks over six frames, yielding three earned runs on three hits and two walks.

Yamamoto, in contrast, was solid again under pressure. The righty outdueled Gausman for the second time in a seven days, giving up a single run on five base hits over six innings with six Ks. He improved to 4–1 this postseason with a 1.56 ERA.

The only run against him resulted from Springer’s two-out base hit in the third inning, driving in Addison Barger, who had hit a double previously in the frame. Springer’s hit provided a momentary lift in his comeback to the lineup after sitting out two games with an oblique injury.

Relief Heroics

From there, the Los Angeles relievers took over. First-year pitcher Justin Wrobleski got out of a jam in the seventh, and fellow rookie Rōki Sasaki worked into the ninth before plunking Alejandro Kirk to open the frame. Addison Barger then hit a double that got stuck under the left-center-field fence, obliging runners to hold at second and third.

Tyler Glasnow, Los Angeles’ Game 3 starter, came on in relief and induced a popout before Andrés Giménez hit a line drive to left field. Hernández caught the ball and threw to second to double off Barger, clinching the win and earning the pitcher his first career successful save.

Looking Ahead: Seventh Game

The series now comes down to one game. Max Scherzer will take the mound for Toronto, becoming the only living pitcher to pitch in multiple World Series Game 7s after doing so in 2019 with Washington. The 40-year-old inked a single-season contract to chase another championship and has been a outspoken presence throughout this postseason.

The Los Angeles squad, aiming to be baseball’s initial repeat title winners in nearly a quarter-century, are projected to lean on their two-way star for a short outing.