The Los Angeles Dodgers know they must get their offense firing to resuscitate their bid for a second straight World Series title as the Toronto Blue Jays host Game 6 on Friday with a chance to clinch their first Major League Baseball crown in 32 years.
‘We’ve got to put runs on the board and do a better job,’ Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman said. ‘And we just haven’t done that for about two and a half games.
‘We all know what we’re capable of and we haven’t done it for two games. So maybe the day off, we’ll cool them down over there and we’ll reignite us.’
Freeman delivered a walk-off home run to give the Dodgers a 6-5 victory in an 18-inning Game 3 epic.
But offensive fireworks have been in short supply for the high-priced, high-octane Dodgers, who then dropped Games 4 and 5 at home.
The Blue Jays, up 3-2 in the best-of-seven series and chasing their first World Series title since back-to-back triumphs in 1992 and 1993, now have a chance to close it out at home.
‘I can’t wait,’ Toronto manager John Schneider said of the reception he expects at Rogers Centre – where thousands turned out for watch parties for the games played in LA.