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The Blue Jays won their first two World Series by clinching in the sixth game at Toronto in 1992 and 1993, but they didn't have to go against a Yoshi Yamamoto pitching his best of the season. This is it for the Dodgers. They have to win, or it’s over, but they're going with their best as Yamamoto comes off two straight complete games. In his last one, he allowed one run and four hits and got the last 20 hitters out. Kevin Gausman is pitching for the Blue Jays, and in Game 2, he allowed three runs in 6.2 innings, which I think will be all the Dodgers need to win again behind Yamamoto. I'm looking for a game seven. Dodgers win tonight.
Will Joe Carter be in the building? Game 6s in Toronto, just saying. I will not be playing a Game 7 if there is one as will simply enjoy that -- it's no secret I root for Canadian teams for the most part in the US sports. Don't love fading Yoshinobu Yamamoto, but as just came up from JBogs in the Discord Channel, why are the Jays at home solidly cheaper +1.5 than the L.A. moneyline? They shouldn't be. No team dominated at home this season quite like Toronto. And Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman is no slouch. They have the better bullpen without question. And elimination games often are one-run, low-scoring matchups. Best-case scenario: Dodgers by a run tonight, Blue Jays on Saturday.

If Yoshinobu Yamamoto is once again great here against the Blue Jays, I'll take my loss, but this line is at least one out too high and in a do-or-die game, I believe Dave Roberts will have more urgency when/if Yamamoto gets into trouble. The Dodgers starter has been insanely good the last two times out, throwing a complete game in each, but Roki Sasaki could be used much earlier than normal to put out a fire and even Shohei Ohtani may be used out of the bullpen tonight. It's all hands on deck in Game 6 and Yamamoto needs to have another stellar game on the mound to beat this line. Second time around against this lineup, I'll take the under.
The only real problems the Jays have had at the plate in this series came against Dodgers Game 6 starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who pitched a complete nine innings in the Game 2 win, as he did Game 2 of the NLCS vs. the Brewers. But after dealing successfully with Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, and Shohei Ohtani on the mound in this series, Toronto won't blink. Worryingly for the Dodgers, their offense has been mostly reduced to solo homers in this series and has yet to really erupt since the wild card series vs. the Reds. Toronto's Kevin Gausman (2.55 ERA in five playoff games) has more than held his own on the mound this postseason.
The Blue Jays have been the best-hitting team during the postseason, with the best average (.284), the most home runs (27), the most RBIs (94), and the most hits (168). The Dodgers are the next closest way behind with 126 hits and 60 RBIs. That is solid proof that they're ready to be champions as they're up 3-2 in the series. In the last two games, the Blue Jays resembled the Dodgers in their wins, winning with their pitching. Now the Dodgers send Yoshi Yamamoto, who has had two complete-game wins in his last two starts. The Blue Jays dominated the last two games. Dodger bats have gone cold. I'm going to play the under and think about the winner.
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