Even baseball fans who were in ‘92 and ‘93 have never seen this: the Toronto Blue Jays will play a seventh, winner-take-all Game 7 for the World Series for the first time ever — and while hope remains high, you can feel the city’s blood pressure rising.
Despite a solid start from Kevin Gausman and a promising rally late in the game, the Blue Jays missed their first chance to clinch the series in Game 6 Friday, losing 3-1 to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
It’s been an exciting October, but the dramatic wins and losses, high nerves and late game times are taking a toll on some Jays fans, like Maria Havelka, who was at the city’s downtown watch party at Nathan Phillips Square for Game 6.
“It was so disappointing. I was out here six hours in the cold. We expected to at least tie the game,” she said, bemoaning the Blue Jays inability to get the tying run home from second base with nobody out in the last inning.
WATCH | Dodgers stop Jays' rally in 9th, force World Series Game 7: Jays lose heartbreaking Game 6 3-1; World Series heading to Game 7 | Duration 5:06 The World Series is heading to a winner-take-al
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