Jays' Barger admits 'bad read' ended Game 6 of World Series - ESPN

TORONTO — Off the bat, Blue Jays right fielder Addison Barger was hoping to score or least advance to third base as the tying run. The one thing he didn't anticipate was Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder Enrique Hernandez catching a line drive off the bat of Andres Gimenez and doubling him off second base to end Game 6 of the World Series in favor the Dodgers on Friday night.

Barger knew he had made a critical mistake.

«I was pretty surprised he got to it,» Barger said after the Dodgers' dramatic 3-1 win to force Game 7. «Off the bat, I thought it was going to go [right] over the shortstop's head. I didn't think it was going to travel that far.

»It was kind of a bad read."

Blue Jays infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa was watching it all unfold from the bench.

«I thought it was getting down 1000 percent,» he said shaking his head.

Moments earlier, Barger had doubled off the left-center-field wall and kept running around the bases as the ball got lodged at the base of the wall. Hernandez and Dodgers centerfielder Justin Dean put up their hands to signal the ball was stuck, leading to left field umpire John Tumpane ruling it a ground rule double.

Barger was sent back to second while pinch runner Myles Straw, who had entered the game after catcher Alejandro Kirk was hit by a pitch, was placed on third.

Gimenez's at-bat came with the top of the Blue Jays' order due up next — they never got a chance to bat. Dodgers second baseman Miguel Rojas made a nice pick of the throw from Hernandez as he stepped on second base, stunning the home crowd.

«It's a tough read,» Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. "[Hernandez] playing shallow and one out, you're thinking score. He made a really good play. It's such a tweener. He made a good play,