'Springer Thrill's timely hit → Hofman SV' Toronto, WS Nightmare is over! Thrilling 4-3 come-from-behind victory over Dodgers [LAD-TOR Review]

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The Toronto Blue Jays overpowered the Los Angeles Dodgers with Shohei Ohtani (32) at the forefront and overcame the nightmare of Game 7 of last year's World Series.

Toronto came from behind to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 in the 2026 U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season home game at Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 9th (Korea time).

Toronto, which avoided a sweep of three consecutive games, maintained its fourth place in the American League East with five wins and seven losses. On the other hand, it ends with five consecutive winsJuss was satisfied with the Winning Series and maintained a 9-3 record and first place in the National League West.

It was a tense game reminiscent of last year's World Series. Toronto unfortunately remained in second place after a game with the Dodgers until Game 7 of the World Series last year. The nightmare seemed to be reproduced to Toronto fans until Miguel Rojas, who started after overcoming the pain of father's death the previous day (8th). At that time, Rojas hit a tying solo shot with one out in the top of the ninth inning, and blocked Toronto's victory by blocking a run with a home throw with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning.

On the same day, Ohtani was active as a Dodgers starting pitcher with four hits, one walk, two strikeouts and one run (0 earned), and two no hits in three at-bats (one walk, two balls) with two strikeouts as the No. 1 and designated hitter. Ohtani set the record for the longest consecutive on-base streak in Japanese major leaguers, beating Ichiro Suzuki with 43 consecutive on-base hits with a walk in the top of the first inning. In addition, he ended up with 24 ⅔ innings without losing a run until the bottom of the third inning with two outs. However, all of these performances were buried in the team's defeat.

For Toronto, the match was after the seventh inning when Ohtani went down. Davis Schneider walked against the changed pitcher Jack Drier in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Tyler Heineman made a hit to the first and second bases with one out. Here, George Springer raised the mood with a large two-run timely double that hit the top of the right fence. It was a timely hit Dalton Basho then tied the game 3-3 with a timely RBI single.

Schneider once again created opportunities. Schneider, who walked again with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, headed to third base on Andres Jimenez's heavy hit. Dodgers catcher Will Smith made a throwing error while blocking Jimenez from stealing second base, and in the meantime, Schneider came home. Toronto's 4-3 upset.

Toronto closer Jeff Hoffman stood again against the Dodgers' top lineup starting from Ohtani in the top of the ninth inning. The moment we recreated last year's World Series. Hoffman struck out Ohtani, the first batter, with a 97.2 mph high-speed sinker in the middle. Kyle Tucker had a hit to the middle and Will Smith walked, putting him in crisis once again.

The white rice was a real sword match against Freddie Freeman. The first two pitches were balls. However, he threw a series of low fastball outside, and all of the balls Freeman aimed at became fouls. And in the last fifth pitch, which went high outside, Freeman's bat was missed, resulting in a foul tip strikeout. Later, Toronto completely shook off the nightmare as first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. lightly stepped on the base to handle Max Muncy's ground ball.

Toronto starter Dylan Siege lost face by allowing eight strikeouts and two runs (one earned run) with four hits and five outs in five innings. Tyler Rogers became the winning pitcher with one hit, one walk, and two strikeouts in one ⅔ inning, and Hoffman earned his second save with one hit, one walk, and two strikeouts in one inning.

In the lineup, Springer played a decisive role with two hits and one RBI in five at-bats. Basho washed away the pain of last year's World Series with one hit, one RBI and one walk in three at-bats, while Guerrero Jr. did his part with two hits and one walk in three at-bats. Schneider, who came in as a pinch hitter, became a scene stealer for the come-from-behind victory with a decisive walk on base in both at-bats.

For the Dodgers, Ohtani and the batters' performance was expected to shine due to the fire of the bullpen. In the batting lineup, Will Smith was 2 for 3 with an RBI, 2 walks, 2 runs and 1 strikeout, and Freddie Freeman was 2 for 5 with an RBI and 1 strikeout.

Rojas had no hits in three at-bats, walked one and scored one point and three outs, but his performance, which did not appear to be a record, stood out. On the same day, the Dodgers caught Jesus Sanchez's ground ball in the top of the sixth inning with no outs and second base, and threw it to third base to catch Guerrero Jr. When he walked in the top of the seventh inning, his only on-base hit, he also dug home and scored a run when Smith had a technical heavy hit.

On the same day, Toronto formed a lineup of George Springer (designated hitter), Dalton Basho (center fielder), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (first baseman), Jesus Sanchez (left fielder), Okamoto Kazuma (third baseman), Ernie Clement (second baseman), Nathan Lukes (right fielder), Andres Jimenez (striker) and Tyler Heinemann (catcher). The starting pitcher is Dylan Sheese.

Against this, the Dodgers consisted of Shohei Ohtani (pitcher), Kyle Tucker (right fielder), Will Smith (catcher), Freddie Freeman (first baseman), Max Muncy (third baseman), Teoscar Hernandez (left fielder), Andy Farz (center fielder), Alex Freeland (second baseman) and Miguel Rojas (striker). The starting pitcher is Shohei Ohtani.

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