A classic World Series is going to have the most fitting ending: A winner-take-all Game 7. The Los Angeles Dodgers forced the decisive game on Friday night with a thrilling 3-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays that ended in dramatic fashion.
The Blue Jays ended up getting the tying run to second base with nobody out in the bottom of the ninth inning, only to watch as the Dodgers brought in Tyler Glasnow — who was supposed to start Game 7 — and have him wiggle his way out of the jam in only three pitches.
Here is how he did it, along with some key takeaways from Friday’s game.
Dodgers win with dramatic, walk-off double play
After Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk led off the bottom of the ninth by getting hit by a pitch, Addison Barger ripped a double to left center field. While it was a huge hit for Barger, it’s going to be one that likely torments Blue Jays fans for ages, depending on the outcome of Game 7.
Because the ball was lodged underneath the padding of the left-center field wall, the umpires called it an automatic double and left pinch runner Myles Straw at third and Barger at second. It’s possible, if not likely, that Straw would have scored had the ball not been stuck under the wall.
Glasnow entered the game at that point in a brutally tough position.
After getting Ernie Clement to pop out on the first pitch, he got Andres Gimenez to hit a looping line drive to left field that was caught by Enrique Hernandez, who then doubled Barger off at second base.