World Series Game 6 live updates: Dodgers lead Blue Jays 3-0 in third inning
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto squares off with Blue Jays' Kevin Gausman.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto; Kevin Gausman. Getty Images; USA Today Network
World Series Game 6
- First pitch is 8 p.m. ET on Friday from Rogers Centre in Toronto.
 - Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto will square off with Blue Jays' Kevin Gausman.
 - Toronto has a chance to win the World Series for the first time since 1993.
 - If the Dodgers come out victorious, they keep their season alive and will play Game 7 on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.
 
Gausman stops the bleeding
Kevin Gausman struck out Teoscar Hernandez to end the third inning, but not after the Dodgers did some damage. Los Angeles scored three two-out runs to take a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the inning. Has the Dodgers’ offense finally woken up?
Betts delivers!
Mookie Betts knocks a single into left that scores two! The Dodgers lead 3-0.
The bases are loaded for Mookie Betts
Freddie Freeman walked, and now the bags are full for Betts. The Dodgers are hitless in their last 13 at-bats with the bases loaded. Can Betts blow this game open?
Dodgers strike first!
It’s 1-0 Los Angeles after an RBI double from Will Smith.
Tommy Edman scored, while an intentionally-walked Shohei Ohtani is on third.
1-2-3 inning for Yamamoto
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is putting his own stamp on this game. He retired the Jays in order in the second inning, and he’s thrown only 27 pitches through two.
Kiké Hernández is due up next for the Dodgers.
Gausman continues to cook
Another 1-2-3 inning for Kevin Gausman, who struck out two more Dodgers in the second inning. Will we have a pitchers’ duel tonight? It’s Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s turn to hold serve for the Los Angeles.
Dodgers overcome first-inning hit
Nathan Lukes hit a one-out single for the Blue Jays, but the Dodgers turned two to get out of the first inning unscathed. Mookie Betts will lead off for Los Angeles in the top of the second.
Gausman strikes out the side!
What an electric start to Game 6, as Kevin Gausman mowed down the Dodgers in the top of the first. He struck out the side in only 16 pitches.
It’s LOUD in Toronto.
Ohtani strikes out in first at-bat
Shohei Ohtani is at the plate
And Kevin Gausman is on the mound for the Blue Jays. Game 6 of the World Series is underway.
Will the Dodgers keep the World Series or alive? Or will Toronto win its first championship since 1993?
Dodgers' lineup for Game 6
Blue Jays starting lineup for Game 6
Kevin Gausman coming off strong postseason
Gausman has allowed four runs on 10 hits with nine walks and 12 strikeouts over 18.0 innings. Gausman started Game 1 of the ALDS against the Yankees, Games 1 and 5 of the ALCS, appeared in relief in Game 7 against the Mariners, and started Game 2 of the World Series against Los Angeles.
In his most recent outing, he allowed 3 earned runs over 6.2 innings pitched against the Dodgers in Game 2.
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Yamamoto has been dominant this postseason
Yamamoto has made four starts in the playoffs, allowing five runs on 17 hits with four walks and 26 strikeouts in 28.2 innings pitched.
In Game 2 against the Blue Jays, he allowed one run on four hits with no walks and eight strikeouts in his second complete game of the postseason.
Dodgers in unfamiliar territory
Game 6 tonight is the first time the Dodgers are facing elimination in the postseason since Game 5 of the 2024 NLDS against the Padres. A win would push the series to a Game 7, the first time since a 2019 matchup between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals.
Saturday's game would be the 45th Game 7 in World Series history.
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Trey Yesavage wasn't playing like a rookie in Game 5
Trey Yesavage became the youngest pitcher ever with at least 10 strikeouts in a World Series game in his dominant outing Wednesday in Los Angeles. He's also the first rookie pitcher with multiple 10-strikeout games in a single postseason and the first pitcher to record each of his first two career 10-strikeout games (regular season or Postseason) in the postseason.
Yamamoto pitching to keep Dodgers' title hopes alive
The Japanese sensation has been incredible so far in the postseason. Will it continue on Friday and force a Game 7?