World Series Game 6: Los Angeles Dodgers v Toronto Blue Jays – live buildup

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…at our rolling coverage of Game 6 of the World Series! I’m your host, David Lengel, and I could not be more ready to bring you the print play-by-play of the upcoming Fall Classic encounter between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays. Especially because this is an elimination game and the “piece of metal” – which is how MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred – once described the World Series trophy – is in the house.

The Rogers Centre in downtown Tdot is buzzing with the expectation of a third Jays championship, that is, if they can fend off LA one last time. If they can, it will be a worst-to-first meteoric rise for the club that barely anyone (except me) picked to unseat the champs. All that said, if the Dodgers somehow remember how to hit, there’s every chance that this Fall Classic could extend until Saturday for a winner take all Game 7, which surely all baseball fans with no skin in the game would sign up for right now.

For LA, the pitching piece they want on the hill is making the start: Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw all nine innings in his brilliant, crucial Game 2 performance which leveled the series for the Dodgers. Toronto’s hurler will be Kevin Gausman, who matched Yamamoto pitch-for-pitch that evening, at one point retiring 17 straight batters, until unraveling in the 7th inning.

So we have pair of aces and two great teams that are sprinting towards the conclusion of the 2025 season preparing to entertain all of us, and who could ask for anything more?

We’ll have more pregame fodder as we head towards first pitch, but for now, why not join the show and share your thoughts with all of us! You can email me right here. Do it – I’ll make you famous.

More to come – stick with us!

The city of Toronto is buzzing with the Blue Jays one win from their third World Series title and first in 32 years. Here’s a look at how some of the home fans have gussied up for the occasion as they descend on Rogers Centre for tonight’s Game 6.

Kate and Joseph Barbero pose before Game 6. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/Reuters

Ivy Hill holds a sign outside Rogers Centre before Game 6. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/Reuters

Susan Amell poses outside Rogers Center ahead of Friday night’s game. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/Reuters

Kelly Wendt wraps herself in Canada's flag before Game 6. Photograph: Carlos Osorio/Reuters

David will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s a look back at Wednesday’s Game 5.