The Los Angeles Dodgers used lockdown pitching, one three-run inning and an unbelievable double play in the backside of the ninth to beat the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night, establishing a winner-take-all Game 7 that guarantees loads of drama.
Friday evening’s Game 6 got here right down to the last inning as the Blue Jays rallied however bought two dangerous breaks – a ground-rule double that saved a run from scoring (hat tip to heart fielder Justin Dean for not enjoying the caught ball) and a double-play sparked by some magic Kiké Hernández and poor base operating from Addison Barger.
It was heart-in-mouth stuff, the sort of baseball that makes the abdomen tighten up and produces the involuntary operating of arms by hair or the biting of fingernails. And, as intense as these moments get in playoff ball, there’s nothing as nerve-wracking or stomach-churning as a Game 7.
Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider, contemporary off a disappointing loss, was wanting ahead to it.
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“It’s the two best words in sports: Game 7,” he stated to reporters after the recreation.
“It’s going to be fun here. But to the followers, I say, see you tomorrow evening. Be loud, be rowdy. And we’re gonna be able to play.”