Top MLB Plays of 10/16/25 (Mookie Betts’ great toss to first base, Max Scherzer’s strong start!)

up the middle ranging over his bets. Nice big hop for him. He throws on the run and Mookie Betts takes care of Joey Ortiz. One short stop to another. Nice play by Mookie as he and Tommy Edmond were crossing pass right near second base. It was Betts who makes the play. One to Hernandez. Here’s a tapper over the head of Miserowski. Charging. It is Ortiz. Scoops and throws to first in time. Nice play by Joey Ortiz coming in to get that ball. Ortiz as good as anybody in baseball at coming in and playing those balls on the grass and getting the ball out of the glove so quickly. The transfer on that play is so impressive. That’s a liner into center field. That’s down for a base hit. Here comes Smith. Felix got a great arm. It’s cut off throw to third. Not in time. Smith scores on the RBI base hit from Tommy Edmund. And the Dodgers grab the lead in game three. Tommy Edmund did not waste any time dumping a go-ahead RBI single into center field providing the knockout punch of the Miz. Swinging a line drive. Leaping up in the air. Crawford with the catch right behind the second. Holy smokes. What a catch by JP. High in the air. Brings it down and that will retire the side. And that is a called strike three. And Jacob Mizarowski comes on and quiets down the Dodgers. Nine strikeouts for Mizarowski. Just set the Brewers rookie record. The kick in the 01 hit off the handle. A soft liner down in right field. Getting the wave around third. Palano. Barger throws to third and they get Naylor. Naylor slid into the ankles of Ernie Clement, his former teammate, but he applied the tag. The inning comes to a close. One-1 pitches smoked out to right field. Barger on the run toward the track, dives and he got it. Addison Barger with a beautiful play in right field to take away extra bases and end the bottom of the seventh. Here’s a highf fly ball deep center field. Vo to the track. Verso to the wall. It’s gone. Josh Naylor goes deep and the Mariners are on the board first. Josh Naylor with a home run right in front of the J-Rod squad and the Mariners have a one- nothing lead. What an addition right before the trade deadline. Josh Naylor. Here’s a swing and a fly ball shallow center field. Julio coming in. Slides and he makes the catch and that will retire the side. Nice play by Julio. Swinging a ground ball up the middle way to his left is JP Crawford. He’s got it. bounce throw to first and it’s in time to get Guerrero. Holy smokes. What a gem. Turned in by JP Crawford way to his left. He was running out towards center. Bounces the throw off balance but he gets it to Naylor in time. One pitch is hit high in the air. Right field tracking backhand zone at the warning track. Leaps at the fence. It is gone. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with his fifth home run of the postseason. And the Blue Jays strike back to take a 6-2 lead in the seventh. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. showing off the opposite field power. A two- two pitch. Ortiz pokes it on the ground to third. Stopped by Muny. He’s up. Thrown to home. Here’s the play. They got him. Oh, what a play. That’s Muny with a gym at third base. Hot shot on the ground. Hit the deck up firing on a spin and he nailed him at home. going to his left down on his left knee to field the ball first of all and then spun around and threw blindly and perfectly to home. Eight KS for Tyler Glass now. Pretty good outing though. Five and two/3 innings. Just a run on three hits. He walked three. Max Scherzer five and 2/3. What a night. Sherzer take a bow. Five and two/3 sparkling innings from the future Hall of Famer. Highline drive to right field. Kenzone’s going back. It’s good again. It’s Jimenez out of the ninth spot, sparking the Jays for the second night in a row. Lightning strikes twice. A jolt from an unlikely source. Sasaki fires. Vaughn on the ground in the hole. Bats has got a jump throw on a hop in time. Wow. Moy Bats gold glove form. What a play. Oh, baby. What a play by Betts. Going to his right fields with the backhand. A jump throw falling away on the cut of the grass. On one hop, he gets Andrew Vaughn for out number one in the ninth.

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