"The Los Angeles Dodgers kept alive on Friday their hopes of becoming Major League Baseball's (MLB) first repeat champion in 25 years, with a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays that pushed the World Series to a decisive seventh game. With their backs against the wall and facing elimination for the first time this postseason, a Dodgers team that had no room for error got six solid innings from starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto while Mookie Betts and Will Smith provided the offence."
"Toronto thought they tied the game on an inside-the-park homerun in the ninth on a bizarre play, when the ball was lodged at the bottom of the outfield fence where Dodgers outfielder Justin Dean immediately raised his hands to rule the play dead. A video review went the Dodgers' way and determined it was a ground rule double, which left Toronto with runners on second and third with not outs."
"Ernie Clement then hit an infield pop and Andres Gimenez lined out to left before Kike Hernandez turned the double play when he fired the ball to second base to get Addison Barger out and end the game. The Dodgers victory put on hold, for one day at least, a coast-to-coast party in Canada, where fans of the lone MLB club are desperate to celebrate the Blue Jays' first World Series triumph in 32 years."
Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 to force a decisive Game 7 and keep alive a chance at repeating as MLB champions. Yoshinobu Yamamoto provided six solid innings while Mookie Betts and Will Smith produced the key offense. Los Angeles scored in the third with a run-scoring double by Smith and Betts added a two-run single. A ninth-inning chaotic play saw a potential inside-the-park home run ruled a ground-rule double after video review. A subsequent double play ended the game and postponed Blue Jays celebrations in Canada.
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