TORONTO — Miguel Rojas sprawled across the dirt, the baseball firmly enclosed within his glove, a Game 7 somehow on the horizon. All around him, the Los Angeles Dodgers pumped their fists and emptied their lungs. Inside the Toronto Blue Jays dugout, disbelief took hold. Somehow, some way, this season was not yet over, not after a heart-stopping ending to a 3-1 Dodgers victory.
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Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow burst into a smile on the mound and accepted hugs from his teammates. He had been called into emergency relief as the Blue Jays battered closer Roki Sasaki and appeared on the verge of a walk-off championship victory. A ground-rule double by Toronto outfielder Addison Barger left two runners in scoring position with zero outs in the ninth.
It would be hard to script a less desirable spot for Glasnow, who was slated to pitch in Game 7.
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