4 Takeaways From the Dodgers' World Series Game 6 Win Over the Blue Jays

It was all set up for history to repeat itself. 

Thirty-two years after Joe Carter’s Game 6 three-run walk-off homer won the World Series for the Blue Jays, Toronto trailed by two runs with two runners in scoring position and no outs in the ninth inning of Game 6 on Friday with a chance to win their first Fall Classic since 1993.

This time, though, it wasn’t to be. The Dodgers’ hopes of a repeat remain intact after escaping with a 3-1 win and forcing a Game 7.

Here are my takeaways:

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After going hitless in Game 5, Mookie Betts was asked about the team’s scuffling offense overall. 

"I don’t want to speak on anybody else," Betts responded, "but for myself, I’ve just been terrible."

Clearly, his struggles were weighing on him. Betts hit .133 in the NLCS and was batting .130 in the World Series entering Friday. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts moved Betts down from his usual No. 2 spot in the order to the No. 3 spot in Game 5, then down from the No. 3 spot to the clean-up spot for Game 6. Roberts had been hesitant to drop his star shortstop from one of the top two spots in the lineup during the regular season, even among Betts’ lowest points in the worst offensive season of his career, but the postseason required being a little more reactionary.

Still, Roberts thought Betts’ swing looked mechanically as sound during Thursday’s workout day as it had all week. And in Game 6, Betts responded with his biggest moment of the World Series. An RBI double from Will Smith opened the scoring in the third inning, and a walk to Freddie Freeman loaded the bases for Betts, who pulled a two-run single to left field that snapped a 3-for-24 start to the World Series for Betts. They were Betts’