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The Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers are tied 5-5 heading into the ninth.
Shohei Ohtani hit his second solo home run of the night to erase the short-lived lead Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored in the seventh off an RBI from Bichette.
Ohtani has carried the Dodgers in Game 3, scoring four of the team’s five runs.
Jays' designated hitter George Springer left the game in the seventh after an apparent injury.
The World Series is tied 1-1.
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Bassitt shining as reliever
Myles Dichter
A baseball player throws a pitch.
Bassitt delivers a pitch against during the eighth inning. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press)
A starter all season, veteran Bassitt has taken to his bullpen role in these playoffs.
He pitched a clean eighth inning in Game 7 of the ALCS. Now, he’s set down the Dodgers in order in a tie Game 3 of the World Series.
The extra arm out of the bullpen has been huge for the Jays. The question now, if the Blue Jays don’t score, is whether to let Bassitt keep going or turn to closer Jeff Hoffman.
Bassitt gets Jays out of 8th
Geoff Nixon
The Jays brought in Chris Bassitt to try to steer the Blue Jays through the bottom of the eighth without any trouble.
First up for the Dodgers was Tesocar Hernández, who hit a fly ball to the outfield on the third pitch he got from Bassitt.
Bassitt, who typically pitches in a starting role, then got a fly ball out from Edman, for a second straight out, at a critical time in the ball game for Toronto.
Enrique Hernández was the third Dodger to face Bassitt. He struck out on three pitches.
What to do with Ohtani…
Myles Dichter
It would be a surprise if they didn’t intentionally walk him at this point.
But by doing that, the Jays could also be putting the go-ahead or tying run on base — generally, that’s considered a hard no.
With Ohtani, though, the rules go out the window. He’ll bat in the bottom of the ninth.
Sasaki halts the threat from Toronto in 8th
Geoff Nixon
Several baseball players on the mound during a game.
Sasaki on the mound for the Dodgers in the eighth inning. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
Sasaki's late game entrance saw him face France, who had entered the game to replace Springer an inning earlier.
France hit a ball to Muncy, who completed the out at first — but Straw advanced to third on the same play, while Giménez moved up to second.
It then fell to Lukes to try to bring someone home for Toronto.
But he hit a ground ball to Sasaki, who got the Dodgers out of the inning without any Blue Jays' runs coming in.
The score remains tied at 5-5.
Should the Jays have pitched to Ohtani?
Myles Dichter
A baseball player celebrates.
Ohtani during tonight's game. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
This is already a talking point on social media — and it will be the question tomorrow if the Blue Jays go on to lose.
Without a trusted lefty reliever, the matchup was in the Dodgers’ favour. Ohtani was seeing the ball well all night, having already hit two doubles and a home run.
Yes, intentionally walking him would have put the tying run on base. But you can work around a runner on first. You can’t work around a home run.
Schneider will surely be asked about the process behind that decision post-game.
Jays go with defence and speed
Myles Dichter
The choice to pinch-run Straw for Barger in the eighth takes another power bat out of the lineup, after the Jays have already lost Springer and Bichette.
Straw is a better fielder than Barger, and slightly faster, but he’s also significantly less effective at the plate.
An interesting decision for Schneider — one that could pay immediate dividends or come back to bite him if this game stretches on.
Jays get 2 runners aboard in 8th
Geoff Nixon
Jack Dreyer came in to pitch for the Dodgers, at the top of the eighth inning.
Barger, the first Blue Jay to face Dreyer, hit a grounder and made it to first after the Dodgers couldn’t complete the play.
Toronto brought in Myles Straw as a pinch-runner for Barger.
Clement came up next, but hit a fly ball and Straw couldn’t advance.
Fortunately, for the Blue Jays, Giménez, the team's number-nine hitter, came through with a single, which put runners on first and second.
That prompted the Dodgers to make yet another pitching change — bringing Rōki Sasaki into the game.
Game 3 shaping up as an all-time classic
Myles Dichter
A baseball player swings at a pitch.
Ohtani swings during the third inning of Game 3. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
Game 1 was won the Blue Jays’ way. The Dodgers’ style ruled the day in Game 2.
Now, in Game 3, the strengths and weaknesses of both teams have appeared. Ohtani is authoring another one of the best post-season performances of all-time. The Blue Jays are weathering the storm and pressuring the Dodgers on defence.
And, oh yeah, it’s a tie ballgame late.
However it ends, we might remember this game for a while.
5-5 tie after 7 innings of play
Geoff Nixon
After issuing back-to-back walks with two out, the Blue Jays' Domínguez, mercifully, got Muncy to ground out.
That allowed Toronto to get out of the inning with the score still tied, at 5-5.
Domínguez walks 2 Dodgers with 2 out
Geoff Nixon
Domínguez struck out Betts, immediately after giving up the game-tying home run to Ohtani in the bottom of the seventh.
That gave the Blue Jays two out, and nobody on base to worry about, when Freeman returned to the plate.
But Domínguez then walked Freeman on four pitches, giving L.A. a runner on first, with two out.
Domínguez then fell behind Smith, who he also walked to give the Dodgers two base runners with none out.
