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The World Series is going to a final Game 7 following the Dodgers kept alive their title defense hopes intact Friday night with a three to one win over the Blue Jays in Game 6.

The reigning title holders halted Toronto’s ninth-inning rally with a dramatic final twin killing, stunning a home crowd that had arrived prepared to cheer the team's first title in over three decades.

Game 6 Recap

The Dodgers produced all of their offense in the third inning. With two away, Shohei Ohtani was intentionally walked before Smith hit a two-bagger to left field to score Edman. Freddie Freeman earned a base on balls to load the bases, and Betts came through with a two-run single to left, handing the Dodgers a three-run advantage.

That key hit broke a postseason slump and rekindled the title holders' aspirations of becoming the initial back-to-back championship victors since the Yankees won three straight from 1998 to 2000.

Mound Battle

Gausman had been nearly unhittable to that stage, striking out half a dozen of the first seven Dodgers he confronted. He fanned 8 through three innings, tying a Fall Classic mark, but the third-frame rally proved decisive. The Blue Jays' star ended with eight strikeouts over six frames, yielding three earned runs on three safeties and two walks.

Yamamoto, meanwhile, was steady again under pressure. The righty outpitched Gausman for the second time in a week, giving up one run on five base hits over six innings with six strikeouts. He improved to 4–1 this playoffs with a 1.56 ERA.

The lone score against him came on Springer’s two-out base hit in the third inning, scoring Addison Barger, who had doubled earlier in the inning. That single offered a brief spark in his comeback to the lineup after sitting out two games with an side strain.

Bullpen Heroics

From there, the Dodgers’ bullpen carried the load. First-year pitcher Justin Wrobleski got out of a tight spot in the seventh, and another rookie Sasaki pitched into the ninth before hitting Alejandro Kirk to open the inning. Addison Barger followed with a double that became wedged under the outfield wall, forcing runners to stay at second and third.

Tyler Glasnow, Los Angeles’ third game starting pitcher, came on in relief and got a popout before Andrés Giménez lined to left. Enrique Hernández made the catch and fired to second base to double off Barger, clinching the win and earning the pitcher his first-ever successful save.

Looking Ahead: Seventh Game

The best-of-seven now comes down to one game. Scherzer will start for the Blue Jays, making him the sole active hurler to start multiple seventh games of the World Series after doing so in 2019 with Washington. The veteran 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 first back-to-back champions in nearly a quarter-century, are expected to rely on their two-way star for a short outing.