Gausman pitched well for the majority of his outing against the Dodgers. His first inning was about establishing his fastball, which he did. Freddie Freeman stroked a double in the first inning and later scored on a Will Smith single, putting the Dodgers up early. After the first inning, Gausman sailed through the Dodgers' lineup, utilizing his four-seam fastball with solid command. The fastball cuts into right-handed hitters, jamming most bats and missing barrels.
"Obviously, it's the World Series for a hometown team, and it's awesome, but I guess this whole postseason and like any start this season, I think if you go and you just handle what you can and simplify it in your workday and simplify it while you're out there on the mound, I think a lot of the other stuff is just kind of noise.
The Blue Jays are turning to their only starting pitcher with the World Series experience entering this postseason in 41-year-old Max Scherzer. While the biggest question surrounding the game is, " Will the Blue Jays win tonight?", the second biggest question is arguably, " What does Max Scherzer yell at John Schneider when he goes to take the ball from him tonight? " Tonight will mark Scherzer's second start this postseason.
And for a guy like me from Puerto Rico, kind of swam against the current my entire life, to be sitting in this position is pretty special. But at the same time, I haven't really wanted to reflect too much on it because there's going to be a time for that once I'm done playing, and I'm going to have a lot of years to reflect on it.