The Blue Jays came within a hair’s breadth of winning the World Series in Game 7 on Saturday night. Literally, and on multiple occasions. But the most painful miss came in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Toronto had loaded the bases on Dodgers star Yoshinobu Yamamoto with only one out and the game tied. Utility infielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa was on third base as the pinch runner for Bo Bichette. Daulton Varsho was at the plate and smacked a grounder right at Los Angeles second baseman Miguel Rojas. Rojas fielded the grounder cleanly but stumbled as he was trying to throw out Kiner-Falefa at home. He managed to get it there just in time. On the other end, catcher Will Smith briefly lifted his foot off the plate to grab Rojas’s throw and only just barely got it back down in time. The Dodgers earned the force out, got the last out of the inning one batter later, and were World Series champions yet again shortly thereafter.
