TORONTO — The Los Angeles Dodgers kept their World Series hopes alive after Kiké Hernández executed a historic play in Game 6 against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
Trailing by just two runs in the ninth inning, Hernández turned what could have been a tying two-run single by Andrés Giménez into the first-ever left field-to-second base double play in postseason history, preserving a 3-1 Dodgers win.
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“The crazy thing is I had no idea where the ball was because it was in the lights the whole time,” Hernández said after the game. His defensive heroics ensured the series would continue to a decisive Game 7, keeping alive the Dodgers’ bid to become the first repeat champion since the 1998-2000 Yankees.
Earlier, Mookie Betts delivered a two-run single in the third inning, while Will Smith added a go-ahead double. Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched six strong innings for the Dodgers, allowing only one run, and George Springer contributed an RBI single for Toronto.
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Game 7 will see Toronto’s Max Scherzer start against a Dodgers pitcher yet to be determined, with Shohei Ohtani or Tyler Glasnow likely candidates. The World Series will extend into November, marking the 10th time the championship has done so.