The Dodgers have punched their ticket to the World Series and await the winner of Game 7 between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners tonight. Despite having the best record in the majors this season, the Milwaukee Brewers could not overcome the pitching prowess of the Dodgers, with their four starters of Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, and Shohei Ohtani giving up a combined two earned runs and 35 strikeouts. Ohtani also continued to rewrite the record books, with three homers in addition to his six shutout innings in Game 4 to send the Brewers home.
The ALCS has been a much more back-and-forth affair, with the road team winning the first four games. It’s been more of a slugfest between the two teams, rather than shutdown pitching, with the Mariners hitting 12 homers and the Blue Jays having 10 homers. Game 7 will feature George Kirby pitching at home against Shane Bieber.
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