Yoshinobu Yamamoto got his second win over the Blue Jays in a week, and the bullpen held off a late threat to close out a 3-1 win as the Dodgers forced a decisive Game 7.
TORONTO — Yoshinobu Yamamoto beat Toronto for the second time in a week, slumping Mookie Betts hit a two-run single in a three-run third inning and the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers held off the Blue Jays 3-1 on Friday night to force the World Series to a decisive Game 7.
Yamamoto was not quite as sharp as his Game 2 four-hitter, the first World Series complete game in a decade. He lasted six innings and allowed only a third-inning RBI single by George Springer, who returned after missing two games with an injury to his right side.
Rookie relievers Justin Wrobleski and Roki Sasaki combined for six outs before starter Tyler Glasnow came out of the bullpen to escape a ninth-inning jam and rescue the Dodgers.
Glasnow needed only three pitches to do it. With runners on second and third, he got Ernie Clement to pop up his first delivery on the infield for the first out. Andres Gimenez then hit a line drive to left field that Enrique Hernandez turned into a game-ending double play.
Hernandez caught the ball on the run in shallow left-center and fired to second base, where Miguel Rojas made a tough pick of a one-hop throw to double off Addison Barger.
Max Scherzer will start Game 7 on Saturday night for the Blue Jays.
