The two-time World Series champion faces his second do-or-die Game 7 in a showdown between the Blue Jays and Dodgers. His wife is trying to send good vibes.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will consider using Shohei Ohtani as an opener or outfielder in Game 7 if the World Series against Toronto goes the distance.

All four have been played in the past two decades. The most recent was Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 6-5 on a walk-off home run by Freddie Freeman, taking a 2-1 series lead.

Game 7 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday is also the final game of Clayton Kershaw's storied career. MORE: World Series ratings set records in Canada,

The thrilling World Series shows that baseball is truly back—just in time for its next crisis. Sportswriters have been penning baseball’s obituary for decades, claiming that America’s pastime is past its time. The game is too slow, too stodgy, too old, too boring, they said. The kids don’t care. But baseball is not dying. It’s thriving.

Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young winner and two-time World Series champon, was brilliant for the Dodgers after being traded by the Washington Nationals in 2021. He went 7-0 with a 1.98 ERA in 11 regular-season starts for L.A. and yielded a 2.16 ERA with 23 strikeouts in 16⅔ innings in four appearances during the postseason.

MLB did not allow players on 40-man rosters at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics but has discussed creating an extended All-Star break to allow participation in the 2028 Games. The commissioner says