Even after a disappointing loss to Los Angeles Dodgers in the second game, Toronto Blue Jays fans remain positive.
“Nobody said this would be easy,” said user X @Mini_JamalAdams on Sunday morning. “The Dodgers are the best team we've faced in this postseason, but we're also the best team the Dodgers have faced in this postseason.”
The Jays fell to the Dodgers at home in Game 2 on Saturday night, with starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto helping Los Angeles to a 5-1 victory.
Jays manager John Schneider praised the Dodgers pitcher's performance, saying Yamamoto was “so good” and “it started out that way” but he was still ready for the next game.
“You never know when someone will have it. Every game is different, so you can never count anything out,” he said. “Who knows what's going to happen in Game 3, you know what I mean. It's baseball and you have to react in real time.”
Yamamoto struck out eight Toronto batters and threw 105 pitches.
The difference between Game 1 and Game 2 is as Schneider said: from an 11-4 rout of the Jays to a 5-1 Dodgers win. Even until about the seventh inning, the second game looked like it could go into extra innings as both teams struggled to make it work.
The Dodgers started strong, scoring their first run in the very first inning, but the Jays tied the game in the third with George Springer hitting home with help from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hitting a long single and Alejandro Kirk hitting a sacrifice fly.
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Then two more Dodgers came home in the seventh inning, followed by two more in the eighth. The Jays had just two batsmen to make up the difference, and the task proved insurmountable.
Still, even as Jays fans filed out of Rogers Center after the game, many took to social media to express their hope.
“It's the right feeling to feel good about being a Jays fan,” Global News sports columnist Scott Stinson said. “They came into this series as pretty significant underdogs to the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are the defending World Series champions. Obviously, the Jays haven't been back there in 32 years, so it was always going to be a challenge, so to get a big win in Game 1 with all the excitement and it being relatively easy turned out to be a big win for them. I think that gives them a big win.” impulse.”
“Tough night for the Jays,” said user X @rohanthinks. “The screening went great, but things didn’t go our way. We’re taking it back on Monday!”
Both teams head to Los Angeles to play games three, four and five at Dodger Stadium. If the Dodgers win these games, the World Series will be decided by Wednesday. However, if the Jays hold off the Dodgers in California at least once, they will return home on Friday to play Game 6 and possibly Game 7 at home in Toronto.
Stinson added that the first game helped show that the Jays could “hold their own” against a really strong Dodgers team.
For Charles Glyn, who spoke to Global News after Game 2, having two teams in the World Series is something he “never saw coming.”
“I grew up in southern California, I left when I was 21 and came to Toronto when I was 27, so I have an Ontario license plate that says 'Dodger Fan,' so I never imagined that this game would ever happen because they play in two different leagues,” Clay said. “So this happened in a once-in-a-lifetime situation.”
Clay said he must be “of two minds” because he roots for both teams, but admitted he's rooting more for the Jays than the Dodgers, “but we'll see.”
Game 3 begins Monday at 8:00 pm ET.
—with files from Scott Stinson
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