Game. 7.
The two best words in sports will, again, take center stage on Saturday night as the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers meet the Toronto Blue Jays in a winner-take-all showdown with the World Series on the line.
For the Dodgers, a chance to solidify their spot as a dynasty and become the first repeat champion in 25 years is at stake. Meanwhile, the Blue Jays, in their first World Series since 1993, will have a chance to clinch their first title since the club’s own back-to-back run in 1992 and 1993.
Game 7 of the World Series will air exclusively on FOX at 7 p.m. ET, and through streaming on FOXSports.com, the FOX Sports App and FOX One.
Starting Pitchers
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The Blue Jays will deploy Max Scherzer in Game 7, making him the fourth pitcher to start multiple World Series Game 7s; he also started the last Game 7 in 2019 with the Nationals. The first pitcher to pitch for four teams in the World Series, Scherzer started earlier in the series in Game 3, allowing five hits and three runs (including two home runs) with three strikeouts in 4.1 innings pitched in a 6-5 LA win after an 18-inning marathon.
For the Dodgers, it will be two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani to start the game.
Tyler Glasnow, who was penciled in as the Game 7 starter, was instead utilized in Game 6 as the closer. Glasnow also started Game 3, and allowed five hits and four runs (one HR) with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings pitched.
Aside from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, every Dodgers pitcher will be available for this one. Ohtani last pitched in Game 4 of the series and will be on three days’ rest. He allowed four runs on six hits over six innings in a Los Angeles loss.
Dodgers Starting Lineup
Roberts is expected to go with the same lineup as he did in Game 6, most notably with Mookie Betts batting cleanup once again. Betts is batting .130 through six games, but showed signs of life amid his slump with a two-run single in the third inning of Game 6 that swung the game in the Dodgers’ favor; it was the three-time champion’s first RBI since Game 3 of the NLCS.
Blue Jays Starting Lineup
After missing Games 4 and 5 with an oblique injury, veteran All-Star slugger George Springer returned to the lineup in the leadoff spot. Springer turned four plate appearances into two hits and one RBI for Toronto’s only run in a 3-1 Game 6 loss. The Blue Jays, after being so proficient on offense, will lean on Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to jumpstart things in Game 7. He has eight postseason home runs, two shy of the record set by Randy Arozarena in 2020.
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