TORONTO — The upstart, underdog Blue Jays gave it a pleasant strive, eh?
They got here inside two outs of beating the very best workforce cash may purchase and profitable their first World Collection in a technology. Rogers Centre was rocking, and their followers have been poised to have fun their first World Collection championship since Joe Carter's heroics greater than a technology in the past, in 1993.
Blue Jays followers have been loving each minute of it, and got here inside two outs of a shock title. That's when light-hitting spare Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas slammed a one-out, ninth-inning house run, tying the rating and altering all the pieces. The Jays outplayed the Dodgers for many of this World Collection, however in the end, they couldn't put them away.
Two innings after Rojas' surprising blow, Will Smith despatched a house run out to left subject off Shane Bieber, giving the Dodgers their second straight World Collection title and stamping them as a real dynasty with the 5-4, 11-inning victory. It was a basic recreation in a basic World Collection that went to the restrict. However that might not be a lot comfort to the sport Blue Jays, who exceeded all expectations merely by making the playoffs, a lot much less taking a $400M workforce to absolutely the additional innings of a fantastic Recreation 7.
