The Blue Jays will really feel aggrieved after a controversial umpiring name prevented them from levelling the rating within the backside of the ninth inning.
Toronto’s Alejandro Kirk was hit by a pitch from reliever Roki Sasaki and changed by speedy pinch-runner Myles Straw, earlier than Addison Barger’s line drive wedged underneath the wall in left centre subject.
However as a substitute of permitting Straw and Barger to attain, the play was dominated to be a floor rule double,, exterior placing the runners on second and third.
A floor rule double is usually signalled when a ball hit truthful is deemed to be unimaginable to subject within the format of a selected stadium, similar to when it turns into trapped underneath a tarpaulin, and runners are allowed to advance by two bases.
The hosts challenged the decision, arguing {that a} fielder might simply have retrieved the ball, however the on-field resolution was upheld by video assessment.
And with the tying run in scoring place, Andres Gimenez drove right into a double play to finish the sport.
Earlier, the Dodgers drew first blood on Halloween night time as Tommy Edman doubled, Shohei Ohtani was deliberately walked, and Smith’s double to left subject despatched Edman house.
Freddie Freeman drew a stroll to load the bases, and Betts’ two-run single gave the guests what proved to be a decisive result in drive a decider.
Sport seven takes place on Saturday night, once more on the Rogers Centre.
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