L.A. Dodgers force World Series decider after defeating Blue Jays 3-1 in Game 6

It’s onto Game 7.

With a chance to clinch the World Series in Game 6 on Friday at Rogers Centre, the Toronto Blue Jays instead fell 3-1 to the Los Angeles Dodgers, setting up a decisive final contest in less than 24 hours.

A three-run rally in the third inning was enough offence for the Dodgers, who yet again let ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto do the rest.

Yamamoto didn’t pull off a third straight complete game, but he did go six strong, allowing just one run while spreading five hits and striking out six.

Meanwhile, the Blue Jays had their chances, including stranding two runners in the eighth, but just couldn’t find the big hit that’s felt like it’s come so easily all post-season.

Now, one clash for all the marbles — between the defending champion Dodgers, billed Goliath by some, and the plucky Blue Jays, who had just kept finding a way — will determine the 2025 MLB champion.

In the middle of Los Angeles’ brief offensive outburst was, of course, Shohei Ohtani.

The two-way superstar stepped to the plate with two out and a man on second. Blue Jays manager John Schneider flashed four fingers and sent him to first, choosing instead to set up Gausman for a battle with two-hole hitter catcher Will Smith.

Smith made the Blue Jays pay. He doubled into the left-field gap, scoring the runner from second. Then, after a walk of Freddie Freeman, struggling ex-MVP Mookie Betts finally came through in a big moment, knocking a single into left field to cash both Ohtani and Smith.

More to come.