The Toronto Blue Jays have returned dwelling to Rogers Centre with only one victory separating them from a World Series title.
All that stands between them and a championship are the Los Angeles Dodgers and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who shut down the Blue Jays in Game 2 with a whole sport effort. Yamamoto was even warming up late in Game 3 as that contest stretched into the 18th inning, making ready to enter the sport on lower than two days of relaxation if wanted.
With the dwelling followers at Rogers Centre anticipated to be voicing an insane degree of noise, the Blue Jays are hoping to keep away from a winner-take-all Game 7 tomorrow by clinching and celebrating the title tonight.
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But if Yamamoto works his magic once more and shuts down the Jays’ high-powered lineup to pressure a closing sport, then the complete season will come right down to 9 (or extra) closing innings.