The Los Angeles Dodgers have their backs against the proverbial wall on Friday night.

There's no room for error, no margin for miscues, no way that the Dodgers can go out there and mess up.

Los Angeles must win Game 6 to force Game 7. Yes, that sounds like Earvin "Magic" Johnson logic right there, but it's pretty simple and basic.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets the Game 6 start for Dodgers manager Dave Roberts while Kevin Gausman will be sent out there by Blue Jays manager John Schneider.

The Dodgers have lost two straight World Series games and they don't want to go for the hat trick in Toronto.

Yet the Rogers Centre crowd will be loud and hungry all game long. That's why it is imperative for the Dodgers batting order, especially at the top with Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith, and Freddie Freeman in the Nos. 1-3 slots for Roberts, to ambush Gausman.

Admittedly, I'm not too sure about putting Mookie Betts in the cleanup spot here. He's struggled throughout the postseason and especially in the 2025 World Series. But Roberts believes in his players and probably trusts that Betts will snap out of it. 

Well, Mookie better snap out of it right here or it's time to make those vacation plans in Cancun.

Miguel Rojas will be at second base and Dodgers Roundtable reporter Anthony Arroyo featured Rojas' outlook on the game in a story published on Friday.

The Blue Jays will welcome George Springer back to their lineup in the designated hitter's slot. Springer will lead off against Yamamoto, so Schneider wants Springer to get his lineup off on the right foot.

We'll be covering Game 6 here at Dodgers Roundtable. 

First pitch is scheduled for 8 p.m. Eastern on Friday night. If you want to listen to the game while following along here, the Dodgers and Blue Jays radio calls will be available on SiriusXM if you have a subscription. Fox will televise Game 6 with Joe Davis and John Smoltz at the mics.

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Top 1st Inning

Shohei Ohtani leads off for the Dodgers against the Blue Jays' Kevin Gausman. Will Smith and Freddie Freeman will follow Ohtani at the top of the Dodgers batting order.

Ohtani 1-2 count on him. Swung and missed at first two pitches. Ohtani strikes out. One out.

Will Smith up now. 0-1 count. 2-2 count on Smith. Freeman is on deck. Swing and a miss. Smith down on strikes. Two outs.

Freeman up now. 1-0 count on Freddie. Gausman has his splitter working early. 1-2 count. Strikes out.

GAUSMAN STRIKES OUT THE SIDE!! BAD NEWS FOR DODGERS!!

Bottom 1st Inning

Springer grounds out from short to first. One out.
Nathan Lukes now up. Ball skips past Muncy at third for a single. One on, one out.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. now up. 1-1 count. Double play! 5-4-3 around the horn.

No score after 1 at Rogers Centre with the Dodgers and Blue Jays.

Top 2nd Inning 

Betts 0-2 count. Hitting .130 in World Series. Not good. Grounds out to third. One out.
Teoscar up now, followed by Max Muncy. Teoscar count against Gausman right now...0-2 count. Gausman is dealing right now. Struck him out. Four strikeouts for Gausman in the first five hitters.
Max Muncy now up. 1-2 count. 19 of 29 pitches Gausman has thrown so far have been splitters. Muncy battling here against Gausman. 3-2 count now. Muncy strikes out! Five K's in six batters for Gausman. 

Gausman is lights out right now!

Bottom 2nd Inning

Bichette, Varsho, Kirk due up here against Yamamoto.
0-1 count on Bichette. 1-2 count now. Strikes out. Yamamoto with his first strikeout. One out.
Daulton Varsho now up. Yamamoto has HIS splitter working, too. Pops out to shortstop. Two outs.
Alejandro Kirk now up. 2-1 count now. 3-1 count on Kirk. 3-2 on a Yamamoto fastball. Flied out to center field. 

Yamamoto is lights out right now!

A pitcher's duel is unfolding at Rogers Centre. 

Top 3rd Inning

Kike up here. Gausman has his splitter going really well. Dodgers hitters are swinging over it. 2-2 count now. Strike three called. Pitch on the outside corner. That 6 K's for Gausman. One out.
Edman slams first pitch down the right-field line for a one-out double!! Gausman got a pitch up and Tommy didn't miss it.

One out, one on.

Rojas now up. Rojas now 1-1 count. Fouled off a pitch around his shoulders. 1-2 count now. 2-2 count now. Called third strike!! Ball at the bottom of the strike zone. I'm not so sure. Two outs.
Shohei now up and they are going to intentionally walk Ohtani. Boo!! Two on, two outs with Will Smith now up. 1-0 count.

Smith doubles down the left-field line!! Edman Scores!! 1-0 Dodgers Lead!!

Freddie now up. Runners at second and third. 2-1 count on Freddie. Betts on deck. 3-1 count. Gausman has kind of lost his rhythm here. Ball 4!! Bases Loaded!! Blue Jays pitching coach out to chat with Gausman and Kirk right now. Well, MOOKIE has a chance to deliver a big blow in the third inning.

Mookie now up. Chat ends on mound. Gausman and Kirk return to their spots. Gausman throws a slider wide of home plate. 1-0 count. 1-1 count. 1-2 count on a vicious cut at a fastball. Fouled a shoulder-high pitch down the right-field line.

BETTS SINGLES!! TWO-RUN SINGLE!!!! DODGERS LEAD 3-0!!!!! MOOKIE DELIVERS!!!!!

Dodgers lead 3-0.

Teoscar now up. What a big inning for the Dodgers!! Mookie needed that hit badly. Runners at first and second. Two outs. Strikes out. Gausman gets a strikeout BUT THE DODGERS HAVE AN INNING!!

DODGERS 3, BLUE JAYS 0

Bottom 3rd Inning

Barger now up. 1-2 count. Barger doubles down the left-field line. Kike overruns the ball, but Barger stays put at second base. Blue Jays starting up here. Ball was barely fair down the left-field line. Wow.

Ernie Clement now up. 0-1 count. Strikes out on 3 pitches. Not a good AB there. Good for Dodgers, though!! One out.

Andres Gimenez now up. 2-0 count now. 3-1 count now on Gimenez. 3-2 count. A mean splitter from Yamamoto. Wow. Shot to second, but Rojas throws out Gimenez. Two outs. Barger moves to third.

Springer up here now. 3-0 count now on Springer. Springer is not 100 percent. Springer singles!! RBI SINGLE!! Dodgers still lead 3-1!!

Lukes now up. Lukes flies out to relatively deep left field. Three outs. But Toronto rallies for a run.

Dodgers 3, Blue Jays 1

Top 4th Inning

Muncy grounds out to third.

Kike pops out. Two outs.

Edman now up. 2-2 count. Pops out to third. A pedestrian fourth inning for Gausman.

Bottom 4th Inning

Vladdy now up. 1-1 count. Called third strike. Splitter at the knees!! One out.

Bichette now up. Bichette with a line drive single to left. One on, one out.

Varsho now up. 1-1 count. Varsho grounds into 4-6-3 double play1! Big play for Dodgers!!

Dodgers 3, Blue Jays 1

Top 5th Inning

Rojas leads off for Dodgers. Rojas flies out to right. One out.

Ohtani coming up now. 1-2 count now. Splitter outside. 2-2 count. Ohtani hits ball that winds its way just foul down left-field line. 2-2 count still. 3-2 count. Grounds out to first. Two outs. Gausman won that battle. Ohtani made Gausman throw some pitches, though. Pitch count now at 79 for Gausman.

Smith now up. 2-0 count. Smith flies out to left field. 1-2-3 fifth inning for Gausman. Dodgers really needed to get to Gausman in the fifth and shake him up. But it didn't happen. I think the Dodgers have let Gausman get back into the game, which is something they probably didn't want to do.

Bottom 5th Inning

Kirk up now 2-2 count on him. Kirk is battling at the plate. Kirk strikes out on splitter that bent inside toward him. Swung totally missed. One out. Yamamoto now at 68 pitches.

Barger now up. 2-0 count. Gotta watch Yamamoto's pitch count here. 2-1 count. 3-1 count now to Barger. Strike three called!! Yamamoto burned Barger on a fastball on the outside corner. Wow. Two outs.

Clement now up. Clement grounds it to short and Mookie cannot come up with the play. It's ruled a hit. One on, two outs. Betts had a chance to make the pick, but looks like he was trying to look ahead of making throw.

Gimenez flies out to center field on first pitch. Three outs.

Dodgers 3, Blue Jays 1

Top 6th Inning

Worth noting: Varland is now up in the Blue Jays bullpen, so Blue Jays manager John Schneider might look to get Gausman out if he gets in trouble early.

Freddie, Mookie, Teoscar are 1-2-3 coming up in top of 6th for LA.

Freddie pops out after two pitches. One out.

Mookie now up. Weak grounder up middle, second baseman grabs and throws. Two outs. 

Teoscar now up. 88 pitches now for Gausman with 2 outs in sixth inning. Grounds out to short. Three outs.

Gausman has been solid through six innings.

So has Yamamoto.

Bottom 6th Inning

Springer out on first pitch as he grounds out to short. One out. Yamamoto at 76 pitches right now.

Pause in the game here. Fan runs on the field. Idiot. They have to get this person and take them off the field. Don't do that shit, please. Yamamoto gets a warmup pitch in right here. 

Lukes now up. Flies out to center field. Two outs.

Vladdy now up for Jays. Vladdy doubles down left-field line! Runner at second, two outs now for Blue Jays.

Bichette now up. Yamamoto now at 85 pitches. 0-1 count. Yamamoto at 91 pitches now. 3-2 count here. Walk. Runner at first and second, two outs. Yamamoto now at 92 pitches with two outs in bottom of sixth inning.

Varsho now up. Justin Wrobleski up in Dodgers bullpen. This might be Yamamoto's last hitter. 1-2 count here. Varsho strikes out. 96 pitches for Yamamoto. He's kept the Dodgers in the game. 

Top 7th Inning

It looks like the Blue Jays are going to the bullpen. Louis Varland is now on the mound.

Muncy up here. 1-1 count. Max flies out to right. One out.

Kike now up. Stikes out looking. Two outs.

Edman now up. 2-1 count. 2-2 count. 3-2 count now for Edman. Flies out to center. Three outs. 

Let's see what Dave Roberts does here with Yamamoto. Might he bring him out for one hitter then turn to the bullpen? Wrobleski has been up.

Bottom 7th Inning

Wrobleski is on for Yamamoto. Roberts HAS to have his bullpen deliver. There is no tomorrow unless they get the job done.

Kirk leads off here for Blue Jays. Kirk strikes out swinging. One out.

Barger now up. Barger grounds out to second. Two outs. Wrobleski only thrown six pitches here. Roberts has to be happy right now...at this point. Rojas makes pick at second with bare hand. Excellent play.

Clement now up. Clement doubles to left field! Runner at second, two outs. 

Gimenez now up. 0-1 count. 0-2 count quickly on Gimenez. Foul ball. Roki Sasaki now up in Dodgers bullpen. 1-2 count. 2-2 count. Gimenez is fighting against Wrobleski. Gimenez strikes out swinging. Dodgers dodge a bullet there.

Dodgers 3, Blue Jays 1

Top 8th Inning

Varland back out there.

Rojas flies out to right on the first pitch. One out.

Ohtani now up. Mound visit taking place here. Mason Fluharty is coming on to pitch for Toronto. Varland did pretty good job for Schneider here.

Ohtani now down 1-2 in the count. 2-2 count here. Ohtani doubles to left! One on, one out here for Dodgers. Ohtani got the better of that matchup!!

Smith gets intentional walk here. Runners now at first and second, one out. 

Freddie coming up here. 1-1 count. Freeman flies out to right. Two outs.

Mookie now up. Seranthony Dominguez coming on in place of Fluharty here. I wonder if Schneider is overthinking these moves. But here we go.

Mookie walks. Bases now loaded, two outs. 

Teoscar now up. He has a chance to add to Dodgers lead. 0-1 count. 1-2 count now to Teoscar. He strikes out swinging! Ah man, Dodgers had a chance to add on to the lead and could not do it.

Bottom 8th Inning

Roberts has decided to bring in Roki Sasaki here. Also, Andy Pages is now in right field for Teoscar and will bat fifth.

Springer up here first. 2-0 count. 2-2 count now. Springer singles down right-field line. None out, one on.

Lukes now up. 2-1 count. 3-1 count. 3-2 count. Lukes flies out to center. One out, one on.

Vladdy now up. 1-1 count. Emmet Sheehan now up in Dodgers bullpen. 1-2 count. 2-2 count now. 3-2 count now. Walk. Two on, one out.

Bichette now up. Sasaki now up to 18 pitches here. Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior out to the mound with Sasaki's translator. 1-0 count on Bichette. 1-1 count now. Bichette pops out to short. Mookie makes long run to get it. Two outs now.

Varsho now up. Two on, two outs. 0-1 count. 1-1 count now. 2-1 count. Varsho grounds out to second base. Dodgers get out of it! Will Sasaki come back out for the ninth? He's at 25 pitches after the eighth. Blue Jays have had chances in the game, but have not been able to get more than one run on the board.

Top 9th Inning

Chris Bassitt now pitching for Blue Jays.

Muncy up first. Muncy strikes out. One out.

Kike now up, followed by Edman. Dodgers are 91-5 when they have the lead after eight innings. 1-1 count on Kike now with Bassitt on the mound. 1-2 count on Kike. Kike strikes out swinging. Two outs.

Edman now up. 0-1 count. 0-2 count. Edman grounds out to short. Three outs.

And we go to the bottom of the ninth!

Bottom 9th Inning

Kirk will lead off, followed by Barger. Sasaki coming back out for bottom of the ninth. CAN ROKI GET THE JOB DONE??

Justin Dean now in center for Tommy Edman, will bat eighth.

Kirk up here. Sasaki at 26 pitches before inning starts. 0-1 count on Kirk. 0-2 count. Uh-oh! Kirk hit by a pitch. Runner on first, none out.

Barger now up. Injury delay in the game right now. Myles Straw in game as pinch-runner for Kirk. 0-1 count. 1-1 count on Barger. 1-2 count. 2-2 count now. Sasaki up to 32 pitches here. Barger hits a ground-rule double!! RUNNERS AT SECOND AND THIRD, NO OUTS!! Ball got stuck at the bottom of the outfield fence. Wow.

Clement now up. Roberts is taking out Sasaki for Tyler Glasnow. Oh boy. Here we go! Umpire review calls it a dead ball at the wall. If Dodgers get to Game 7, look for Ohtani to potentially start it now that Glasnow is being used here. 

Clement awaits first pitch. Clement pops out to first on the first pitch! Oh my. 

Gimenez now up. Runners at second and third, one out. 1-0 count.

OMG! Gimenez lines into 7-4 DOUBLE PLAY!!!

BALLGAME!!! WE GO TO A GAME 7 ON SATURDAY NIGHT!!!