Encouraging Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow to replicate Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s performance in Game 3 of the World Series would be short-sighted. It’s unrealistic to anticipate that every Dodgers hurler will deliver a stellar, complete outing on baseball’s grandest platform. Nevertheless, Glasnow is aiming to channel Yamamoto’s positive energy into Monday’s competition. Glasnow, boasting a minuscule 0.68 ERA this postseason, seeks to propel the Dodgers into a series advantage in the 2025 World Series by securing a victory against the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3.
Toronto counters with seasoned right-hander Max Scherzer to challenge Glasnow. Scherzer is no stranger to pitching in crucial contests. The veteran boasts 31 playoff appearances throughout his illustrious career and has celebrated two World Series titles, guiding both the Washington Nationals and Texas Rangers to championships.
Scherzer, at 41, is emerging from what was statistically his least impressive season in the major leagues. Yet, he managed to recapture his former glory in his initial playoff start, conceding only two runs across 5 2/3 innings during Toronto’s triumph over the Seattle Mariners in Game 4 of the ALCS. Should Scherzer replicate that display on Monday, he would significantly enhance the Blue Jays’ prospects of seizing a 2-1 series lead.
Start time: 8 p.m. ET
Location: Dodger Stadium | Los Angeles
TV channel: Fox
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Blue Jays vs. Dodgers Game 3 Live Coverage
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Jack Baer
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Jack Baer
Shohei Ohtani is having a noteworthy performance. He drives in a run with a hit to the left-center gap and is now 3-for-3 with two hits and a homer.
Still one out for Mookie Betts with a runner in scoring position
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Pages flies out, and that concludes the outing for Max Scherzer. Rather than allow him to face Ohtani a third time, the Blue Jays bring in left-hander Mason Fluharty to pitch to Ohtani as the tying run at the plate.
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Kiké Hernández begins the bottom of the fifth with a hit through the middle. Now would be a prime time for the Dodgers if Andy Pages can add some energy with Shohei Ohtani coming up next.
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Varsho pops out to conclude the half-inning.
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Tyler Glasnow gets past the right-handed Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette, and that’s the end of his outing with two outs in the fifth. Anthony Banda, who surrendered that grand slam in Game 1, is coming in to pitch to Daulton Varsho.
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Jack Baer
Another leadoff walk by Glasnow. That makes three for him tonight, and his time in this game might be growing short.
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Jack Baer
Max Scherzer earns an important 1-2-3 inning in the fourth and is now up to 72 pitches through four. Shohei Ohtani is up next inning for his third look at the right-hander …
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The Blue Jays responded decisively in the 4th inning, with catcher Alejandro Kirk hitting a three-run homer off Glasnow after Guerrero Jr. walked to lead off the inning and Bichette reached on an error.
That home run would have been enough on its own, but the Blue Jays’ bats continued to perform, looking much more like the powerful lineup we saw in Game 1 compared to the lineup that was quieted by Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2.
Hits from Addison Barger and Ernie Clement were converted into another run when Andres Gimenez delivered a sac fly to make it 4-2. Scherzer now has a lead to defend, but does that give him more support from manager John Schneider? We’ll soon find out.
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