Double trouble: Barger gets caught off second base as Blue Jays' rally fizzles in Game 6 of Series

Double trouble: Barger gets caught off second base as Blue Jays' rally fizzles in Game 6 of Series ROB GILLIES November 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM 0 1 / 5World Series Dodgers Blue Jays BaseballLos Angeles Dodgers second baseman Miguel Rojas (72) shows the ball to the umpire after forcing out Toronto Blue Jays' Addison Barger (47) at second to turn a double play to end the game during ninth inning Game 6 World Series playoff MLB baseball action in Toronto on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025.

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1 / 5World Series Dodgers Blue Jays BaseballLos Angeles Dodgers second baseman Miguel Rojas (72) shows the ball to the umpire after forcing out Toronto Blue Jays' Addison Barger (47) at second to turn a double play to end the game during ninth inning Game 6 World Series playoff MLB baseball action in Toronto on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

TORONTO (AP) — Addison Barger was thinking base hit off the bat — and he was going to score the tying run for Toronto in the ninth inning Friday night.

Then, in a flash, he got doubled off second and Game 6 was over. Just like that.

"I was being too aggressive," Barger said after the Blue Jays lost 3-1 to the Los Angeles Dodgers, sending the World Series to a deciding Game 7 on Saturday.

Trailing by two in the ninth, Toronto put runners at second and third with nobody out when Barger's ground-rule double off Roki Sasaki got lodged at the bottom of the fence in left-center.

Tyler Glasnow entered and quickly retired Ernie Clement on a popup. But the Blue Jays still had a good chance to rally — until Andrés Giménez hit a soft liner to left field that Kiké Hernández turned into a game-ending double play.

Hernández caught the ball on the run in shallow left-center and fired to second base, where Miguel Rojas made a tough pick of a one-hop throw to double off Barger and end the game.

Barger initially broke toward third. He was surprised Hernández got to the ball and was able to catch it on a fly.

"I didn't think it was going to travel that far, so it was kind of a bad read," Barger said.

Toronto slugger George Springer, a cluch hitter throughout his postseason career, was left in the on-deck circle.

It was the first 7-4 game-ending double play in postseason history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

"Wild way to finish it," Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. "It's such a 'tweener. He made a good play."

Hernández decided to play even more shallow against Giménez than the scouting report suggested.

"Given the situation, really fast guy at second base, I was like, you know what? I'm going to play really, really shallow. If he hits it over my head, kudos to him. I feel like his pop is more to the pull side," Hernández said.

"Somehow I was able to hear that the bat broke even with that crowd. The crazy thing is I had no idea where the ball was because it was in the lights the whole time. But given the situation in the game, the World Series on the line and how good I was hitting tonight, I was like, it's going to hit me in the face — but I'm not stopping. I'm not pulling up. And at the very end, the ball came out of the lights and went into my glove."

Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts couldn't believe it.

"That was crazy. I thought it was a bloop hit," Betts said. "And then I saw Kiké running to catch it, and then I turned and looked at second and I saw he was halfway. I don't know if Kiké actually heard, but I was screaming 'Two! Two! Two!' But Kiké's instincts are so good, man. He probably saw the whole thing himself. He got it and threw it immediately. The best part of that play was Miggy. That was a sick catch."

Los Angeles catcher Will Smith said Barger "got a little giddy and wanted to score the tying run", but he also credited Rojas with "one heck of a pick."

"That was awesome," Smith said.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts praised Hernández for getting a great jump on the ball, saying he's one of the headiest players he's ever been around.

"Heck of a baseball player, heck of a play," Roberts said.

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Get ready for mayhem in World Series Game 7: 'What the hell else do you want?'

Get ready for mayhem in World Series Game 7: 'What the hell else do you want?' Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY November 1, 2025 at 6:55 AM 0 TORONTO — Hall of Fame outfielder Vladimir Guerrero walked in the corridor Friday night of the Rogers Centre with a few friends, greeted a familiar face, and simply uttered: "Game 7." He spread his hands out, exhaled, and shook his head. Guerrero played in only one World Series in his 16 yearcareer and never won a title, and his son Vladimir Jr.

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TORONTO — Hall of Fame outfielder Vladimir Guerrero walked in the corridor Friday night of the Rogers Centre with a few friends, greeted a familiar face, and simply uttered: "Game 7."

He spread his hands out, exhaled, and shook his head.

Guerrero played in only one World Series in his 16 year-career and never won a title, and his son Vladimir Jr. has a chance to go where he never went, playing in Game 7 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night after losing 3-1 in Game 6.

The Blue Jays are now going to have to do it the hard way, with Shohei Ohtani expected to start – or perhaps even pitch in late relief, meaning he could have to play in the the outfield to stay in the game after pitching.

"It's a possibility," Roberts said, when asked if Ohtani would start. "We are not certain, but it's a possibility."

The original plan was for Tyler Glasnow to start, but he came on in the ninth of Game 6 after rookie Rōki Sasaki tired, and closed out the game.

"That was pretty cool," Glasnow said, producing the first save of this World Series.

Shohei Ohtani is expected to pitch in Game 7 for the Dodgers.

It now sets the magical stage for Ohtani, who saved the World Series Baseball Classic for Team Japan, win he struck out Angels teammate Mike Trout to end win the gold medal.

Neither team has much Game 7 experience, with the Blue Jays never playing a Game 7 while the Dodgers lost their last seven-game World Series in 2017 against the Houston Astros.

"It's going to be electric here," Blue Jays manager John Schneider said.

"We had our chances with guys on base kind of as the game went on. But we're going to be ready to play [Saturday]. Everyone's going to be ready to play. I expect them to be playing cards around 1:00 p.m., kind of shooting the [stuff] with everyone. It's going to be fun here. But to the fans. See you [Saturday] night. Be loud, be rowdy. We're going to be ready to play."

If they had their druthers, of course, the series would already be over. But Yoshinobu Yamamoto never gave them a chance. He gave up just five hits and one run in six innings, with their bullpen hanging on for dear life, and even using Glasnow, who originally was expected to start Game 7.

That honor now likely goes to Ohtani.

"Just kind of figuring out what his temperature is on starting versus coming out of the pen," Roberts said, "and so we're close to a decision."

Ohtani has never pitched on three days' rest in his MLB career, but this is the World Series.

"This is Game 7, so there's a lot of things that people haven't done," Roberts said. "You've just got to trust your players and try to win a baseball game.

What's another Ohtani super-human feat to go down in the history books?

"We're going to leave it out there," Roberts said. "I don't think that the pressure, the moment's going to be too big for us. We got to go out there and win one baseball game. We've done that all year. Everyone's bought in. So I don't know how the game's going to play out, but as far as kind of the moment, winning a game, I couldn't be more excited to get to sleep and wake up to play a baseball game."

Game 7, there's nothing like it.

"It's going to be three or four or five hours of mayhem and great baseball," Schneider said. "These guys are going to be ready for it. Hopefully they get to slow some things down but enjoy it.

"It's Game 7 of the World Series at your home stadium. I mean, what the hell else do you want?"

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&34;She was really supportive,&34; Eureka tells EW of the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1 winner on the AHS set, where the AS6 queen adopted Evan Peters as their drag daughter: &34;That's my baby!&34; Eureka reveals Drag Race star Chad Michaels' cut scene on American Horror Story &34;She was really supportive,&34; Eureka tells EW of the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1 winner on the AHS set, where the AS6 queen adopted Evan Peters as their drag daughter: &34;That's my baby!&34; :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/JoeyNolfiauthorphotoba4923fec03a4027868306485696ef41.

"She was really supportive," Eureka tells EW of the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1 winner on the AHS set, where the AS6 queen adopted Evan Peters as their drag daughter: "That's my baby!"

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"She was really supportive," Eureka tells EW of the RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 1 winner on the AHS set, where the AS6 queen adopted Evan Peters as their drag daughter: "That's my baby!"

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*RuPaul's Drag Race* star Eureka was absolutely *living* for Chad Michaels and Evan Peters on *American Horror Story*... well, before their character died, that is.

During a recent interview for EW's BINGE podcast, the *All Stars 6 *queen reveals that their fellow *Drag Race* icon—who appeared on season 4 of the show before winning *All Stars 1*—filmed scenes with them for *American Horror Story: Double Feature*'s Sept. 8 episode "Blood Buffet," which were ultimately cut from the broadcast.

"Chad Michaels was there, she introduced Evan Peters' character, Patty O'Furniture, on stage. She was actually the host of the show! I was shocked they cut her right out!" Eureka recalls of filming an episode that follows Peters as a struggling performer who's turned into a blood-sucker at the hands of romance novelist Belle Noir, played by Frances Conroy. (FX did not respond to EW's request for confirmation on scenes that were cut from the installment, but Chad also posted about being on the show on Instagram.)

Eureka appears as Crystal DeCanter, a local matriarchal queen whose commitment to excellence puts their Provincetown peers to shame. And they remember Chad as being "really supportive" on set throughout production. "She was like, 'Girl, you're doing it, I'm so proud of you.' She's like the original mama, honey, to all the girls.... she takes care of all the girls, she's watching out."

The* We're Here *star says that, while they didn't put Peters in full drag for their scenes together, they did "give him some advice" on the art form.

"[It was] more like loving advice, because you know that's my baby!" Eureka says. "I call her my drag daughter now! We had a good time." The queen adds they also got to run lines with Conroy before filming, saying, "It was magic just getting to be in the same room."

The moment particularly resonated with Eureka after they landed in the middle of the pack during *AS6*'s *RuMerican Horror Story* satirical acting challenge earlier this year.

Evan Peters and Eureka in drag on 'American Horror Story.'. FX on Hulu (2)

"I felt like I got to redeem myself because I love to act, I want people to take me as an actor and take it as seriously as I do. It's one of my favorite things to do in the world," Eureka says, finishing with optimism for the future: "I died in the *RuMerican Horror Story*, I died in *American Horror Story*, I hope I stay alive though, honey!"

*American Horror Story* airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. on FX. Watch a clip from the* EW's BINGE* podcast video on *RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6* at the top of this article, and listen to the full audio version in the embed above.

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DeJa tells EW how she kept those grillz in her mouth, her original plan for the Snatch Game challenge, and previews the lipsync smackdown ahead: &34;Willow was ready to do so!' DeJa Skye reveals more Lil Jon Snatch Game stunts she almost pulled on Drag Race DeJa tells EW how she kept those grillz in her mouth, her original plan for the Snatch Game challenge, and previews the lipsync smackdown ahead: &34;Willow was ready to do so!' :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/JoeyNolfiauthorphotoba4923fec03a4027868306485696ef41.jpg) Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at .

DeJa tells EW how she kept those grillz in her mouth, her original plan for the Snatch Game challenge, and previews the lip-sync smackdown ahead: "Willow was ready to do so!'

DeJa Skye reveals more Lil Jon Snatch Game stunts she almost pulled on Drag Race

DeJa tells EW how she kept those grillz in her mouth, her original plan for the Snatch Game challenge, and previews the lip-sync smackdown ahead: "Willow was ready to do so!'

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Legend has it that if you look in the mirror and "Snap Yo Fingers" three times, newly minted *RuPaul's Drag Race*'s *Snatch Game* icon DeJa Skye will appear as Lil Jon to give you a walloping "YEAH!"

The challenge-winning queen joined EW's latest *Quick Drag* recap (listen below) to discuss her approach to the fan-favorite celebrity impersonation challenge — the season 14 edition of which RuPaul admitted the cast "killed," like, in a *bad* way, outside of DeJa's impeccable work as the charismatic recording artist.

"Coming off the last episode [loss], I was going into it not giving up. Let me just have fun with this. I hadn't practiced with the grillz, I hadn't practiced vocally, I just did it on a whim. I'm a pretty good improviser, so I was just going with the flow and hoping that it worked," DeJa said of throwing her inner saboteur to the wind and letting Lil Jon rip through a series of now-classic exclamations of "YEAH!" peppered throughout the performance.

While DeJa's natural comedic timing was on her side for the performance, the prop grillz she used were not.

"I told all the girls what I was doing prior to that time, so I'd just practice the 'YEAHs', and hearing them just cackle, I was like, okay, I got 'em. You have to roll with things," she says, explaining that the moment she lost a grill in the middle of the challenge — which, of course, sent RuPaul into a laughing fit — wasn't planned. "I had never practiced with the grillz, and I noticed they were slightly slipping off. [I thought], let me make it a moment and incorporate grillz in the answer. After that, oh my God, so bad, do not do this, but I nail-glued them to my teeth so they wouldn't come out."

She also admits there were several things she'd planned to do as Lil Jon ahead of time, but that the spirit of the moment took over, and she listened to her intuition that told her to just keep it cute and keep it simple.

"In *Snatch Game*, your mind is wondering 50,000 places a minute. I had a plan that every time the answer wasn't correct, I'd be like, [*switches to Lil Jon voice*] 'WHAT!?' and I didn't get to do it!" says DeJa. She also credits Willow Pill with helping her elevate her Lil Jon boy drag into a more glamorous take on the early-aughts icon, with her competitor — who performed as Drew Barrymore in the *Snatch Game* — suggesting that she wear a campy amount of lipstick to make the character a caricature versus a mere copy of Lil Jon.

DeJa Skye gives a "yeah" as Lil Jon in the 'RuPaul's Drag Race' season 14 Snatch Game. World of Wonder/VH1

While DeJa came out on top of the *Snatch Game*, her seven co-competitors weren't as lucky. After Michelle Visage launched an "investigation" on the panel after the rest of DeJa's sisters failed to impress the judges with their celeb performances, RuPaul announced that the following episode would consist of a LaLaPaRuza lip-sync smackdown of paired lip-sync duels, all whittled down to one eliminee.

"We are a strong eight for a reason, and everyone excels at any given moment, so, you're in for a treat, and I'm in for a show," DeJa says of what fans can expect from the episode. "Willow was ready to do so. She was like, let's go, let's lip-sync, let's do it.... I saw not even a fire, someone who was more or less ready to break it down. I'd seen Willow in the '60s girl group, but I was excited to see how she embodies an actual lip-sync. That to me was the funniest moment."

See how the queens fare in the LaLaPaRuza lip-sync smackdown when *RuPaul's Drag Race* season 14 continues Friday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on VH1. Listen to DeJa's breakdown of her Lil Jon performance in the podcast episode above, and tune in to the @EW Twitter handle Fridays at 10:05 p.m. ET/7:05 p.m. PT for more post-episode recaps with the queens.

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The queen reveals to EW she wrote and produced her talent show song in one day, when the group discovered Lady Camden brought porn to set, and the craziest place she found a rogue Tic Tac. How Angeria Paris VanMicheals won the talent show (and Lady Camden's porn) on RuPaul's Drag Race The queen reveals to EW she wrote and produced her talent show song in one day, when the group discovered Lady Camden brought porn to set, and the craziest place she found a rogue Tic Tac. :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/JoeyNolfiauthorphotoba4923fec03a4027868306485696ef41.jpg) Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at .

The queen reveals to EW she wrote and produced her talent show song in one day, when the group discovered Lady Camden brought porn to set, and the craziest place she found a rogue Tic Tac.

How Angeria Paris VanMicheals won the talent show (and Lady Camden's porn) on RuPaul's Drag Race

The queen reveals to EW she wrote and produced her talent show song in one day, when the group discovered Lady Camden brought porn to set, and the craziest place she found a rogue Tic Tac.

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On *RuPaul's Drag Race* season 14, intimacy is defined by two things: finding Tic Tacs in crevices no sugared good should creep, and sharing your secret porn stash with your sisters.

As episode 2 challenge winner Angeria Paris VanMicheals tells EW in the latest installment of our *Quick Drag *recaps (airing Fridays at 10:05 ET / 7:05 PT on our Twitter Spaces), she experienced both within the first few hours of filming the Emmy-winning competition series' latest season. After becoming "very close" with Lady Camden, a U.K.-born starlet whose accent immediately charmed Angeria, the pair discovered a mutual fascination with more than just each other's drag styles: their taste in adult films, which led to "true love at first porn," according to Angeria.

Angeria Paris VanMicheals wrote her Drag Race talent show song in one day. World of Wonder/VH1

"It was our first break from filming, she mentioned that she had porn," Angeria explains in the podcast episode below. "The first thought in my head was, 'Oh my god, I left all my porn at home!' Flying to California, I didn't want TSA clocking my DVDs and stuff!"

She says that, after filming the episode, she mustered the courage to ask Lady Camden if the goods were transferrable between new* Drag Race* siblings.

"I was like, 'Lady Camden, can I borrow your porn?' and she was like, 'Yeah bitch, you can!' I watched it that day!" she explains.

She also got up close and personal at the day's mini challenge, which saw her posing for a fashion photo in a giant bowl of orange Tic Tacs: "My advice, if you are in a bowl of Tic Tacs, is to maybe wear some kind of suit over your outfit, because when you take it off, you're going to have a lot of Tic Tacs falling out of everywhere. I got back to the hotel, and Tic Tacs were still falling out of me."

Angeria also reveals that she wrote her challenge-winning song over the course of a single day, and chalked the Hollywood blockbuster-level theatrics (she exited the stage for a split-second only to return through heavy smoke from a fog machine) up to luck and an "executive decision" she made on set.

"We rehearsed it, and I said, 'Do we have fog? Can I have some fog, some smoke or something?'" Angeria recalls, noting that the production team allowed her to use a fog machine that was already fixed to the stage. "[I said]I was going to burst through that, and I'm going to serve!"

Listen to Angeria's full *Quick Drag* interview — in which she discusses her love for guest judge Alicia Keys, how she feels about Maddy Morphosis entering as the competition's first-ever cis, straight man, and more — in a special edition of EW's BINGE podcast below.

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Booker scores 36 as Suns beat Jazz 118-96

Booker scores 36 as Suns beat Jazz 11896 November 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM 0 1 / 4Jazz Suns BasketballPhoenix Suns guard Devin Booker reacts after scoring against the Utah Jazz during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri) PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 36 points and had nine assists to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 11896 win over the Utah Jazz in NBA Cup group play on Friday night.

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1 / 4Jazz Suns BasketballPhoenix Suns guard Devin Booker reacts after scoring against the Utah Jazz during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 36 points and had nine assists to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 118-96 win over the Utah Jazz in NBA Cup group play on Friday night.

Grayson Allen scored 14 points, Royce O'Neale and Ryan Dunn had 13 points each and Dunn grabbed 10 rebounds for the Suns, who snapped a four-game losing streak.

Lauri Markkanen led the way for the Jazz with 33 points, his fourth straight game scoring at least 30 points. Keyonte George finished with 17 points, eight rebounds and nine assists for Utah. Walker Kessler led Utah with 13 rebounds.

The Suns took command in the first quarter, outscoring the Jazz 37-17 in the frame. Phoenix led 54-40 by halftime and slowly expanded the lead in the second half.

The Jazz turned the ball over 21 times, compared to nine times for the Suns.

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Grant hits free throws with 1.4 seconds left and Blazers beat Nuggets 109-107

Grant hits free throws with 1.4 seconds left and Blazers beat Nuggets 109107 ANNE M. PETERSON November 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM 0 1 / 3Nuggets Trail Blazers BasketballPortland Trail Blazers forward Kris Murray (24) attempts to defend against Denver Nuggets guard Peyton Watson (8) during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Ali Gradischer) PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jerami Grant made a pair of free throws with 1.

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1 / 3Nuggets Trail Blazers BasketballPortland Trail Blazers forward Kris Murray (24) attempts to defend against Denver Nuggets guard Peyton Watson (8) during the first half of an NBA Cup basketball game Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Ali Gradischer)

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jerami Grant made a pair of free throws with 1.4 seconds left and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied for a 109-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Friday night in the NBA Cup opener for both teams.

Denver led 81-71 going into the fourth quarter. With 27.7 seconds left and the Nuggets in front 107-105, Grant hit a pair of free throws for the Blazers to tie it.

After a scramble on the other end, Shaedon Sharpe blocked Aaron Gordon's jumper and the Nuggets were called for a shot clock violation, giving Portland the ball with three seconds left.

A foul was called on Gordon and Grant made the free throws. Nikola Jokic missed a 13-foot jumper as the clock ran out.

Jokic had 21 points and 14 rebounds but fell just short of his fifth straight triple double to open the season with nine assists. Jokic went into the game tied with Oscar Robertson (1961-62) and Russell Westbrook (2020-21) for most consecutive triple-doubles to start the season with four.

Grant had 16 points off the bench for the Blazers, who won their third straight. Deni Avdija led Portland with 23 and Sharpe had 19.

Jamal Murray added 22 points for the Nuggets. The loss snapped Denver's three- game winning streak.

Murray was questionable with left calf soreness but started and the Nuggets went up 30-18 on his layup. Avdija's layup tied it for Portland at 41 but the Nuggets went into halftime with a 57-53 lead.

The Blazers briefly pulled in front 68-67 on Kris Murray's layup before Denver's 9-0 run to end the third quarter for a 10-point lead.

There was a lengthy delay at the end of the first quarter because of a shot clock malfunction at the Moda Center.

Up Next

The Nuggets host the Kings on Monday.

The Trail Blazers host the Lakers on Monday.

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