We know the Los Angeles Dodgers are headed back to the World Series on the NL side after holding the Milwaukee Brewers to just four runs and 14 hits in four games. And, of course, that was punctuated by Shohei Ohtani’s once-in-a-lifetime 10-strikeout/three-homer game on Friday night to punch their ticket. Geno Suárez also hit a game-winning grand slam in the eighth inning for the Mariners, after kicking things off with a solo shot in the second, but that got lost with everything that happened in LA.
However, we’re still seeing who will take on the Dodgers on the AL side. The Toronto Blue Jays have not won a World Series since 1993 — the year of the Rockies’ inception — and the Seattle Mariners have not won at all (nor had they been to the playoffs since 2001). It’s been a back-and-forth series, with the Mariners being the first home team to win a game on Friday.
Logan Gilbert will take the mound for the Mariners. The 28-year-old right-hander has a 1-0 record and 2.45 ERA in three appearances (two starts) this postseason. In his last outing against the Jays in Game 2, Gilbert allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits with two strikeouts and a walk over three innings. Prior to that, he was used in the 10th and 11th innings of the 15-inning Game 5 of the ALDS against the Detroit Tigers. He allowed three hits and two walks (one intentional), but also struck out two on 34 pitches.
Gilbert will face Jays’ 22-year-old phenom Trey Yesavage. Yesavage has a 1-1 record and 4.82 ERA in the postseason after making two starts. He no-hit the Yankees through 5 1/3 innings during Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series, but then came back to allow five runs on four hits, including a three-run homer, with a hit batter, four walks (one intentional) and four strikeouts in Game 2. The Jays lost that game 10-3.
Will the Blue Jays force a Game 7, or will the Mariners wrap things up tonight? Stay tuned!
Lineups will be posted as they become available.
First Pitch: 6:03 p.m. MDT
TV: FS1
Radio: Blue Jays – SN590, Univision TUDN; Mariners – Seattle Sports (710 AM), Univision TUDN; National – ESPN Radio
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