Despite an oblique injury, George Springer is in the Toronto Blue Jays' starting lineup for Game 6 of the 2025 World Series against the Dodgers.

In a must-win Game 6 on Friday night, manager Dave Roberts and the Dodgers turned to Yoshinobu Yamamoto to make his third career World Series start. Just like his past two outings on baseball’s biggest stage—including a nine-inning gem in Game 2— Yamamoto dazzled in a Dodgers win.

There would be no Canadian coronation in Game 6. Not with Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound. Not with Mookie Betts remembering that he’s Mookie Betts. Not with the Dodgers reasserting their postseason pedigree.

Game 6 of the 2025 World Series will be just the eighth MLB game to ever be played on Halloween. Here’s a history of freaky Fall Classic contests.

George Springer, who was World Series MVP in the Astros' 2017 championship season, showed up early to get treatment so he could play in Game 4, but he was left out of the starting lineup.

The Seattle Mariners face the Houston Astros in a regular season MLB game on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025 (9/21/25) at Daikin Park in Houston, Texas.

The 2023 All-Star Game starting pitcher was not at his best with the Arizona Diamondbacks this season, putting together a 13-15 record with a 4.83 ERA across 192 innings pitched. However, MLB insider Jim Bowden believes he could be a great fit for the Astros.

Free agency opens at end of World Series and will be first topic in a busy offseason as Astros try to get back to postseason.