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Bo Bichette picked one heck of a moment to hit his first home run of the postseason. Facing Shohei Ohtani with two men on and one out in the bottom of the third inning of Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday night, Bichette smacked a 442-foot home run over the fence at Roger Center to open up a 3–0 lead for the Blue Jays.
The benches and bullpens emptied with one out in the bottom of the fourth in Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday night when Los Angeles reliever Justin Wrobleski hit Toronto's Andres Gimenez with a pitch.
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Bo Bichette says he doesn't expect to require off-season surgery despite the sprained ligament in his knee. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.
At any rate, playing in Colorado worked wonders for Bo's dad. Dante Bichette spent seven seasons with the Rockies, named an All-Star four times, twice leading the majors in total hits and batting .316. In his seven MLB seasons elsewhere, he was a .269-hitting, replacement-level, zero-time All-Star.
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This rule alteration allows a team to leave a departed pitcher in as the DH for the remainder of the game. So when Ohtani leaves the mound, he essentially morphs from a pitcher in the batting order to just a designated hitter in the batting order. The Dodgers won't have to let their relief pitchers hit. Ohtani will hit for them.
Shohei Ohtani pitching in Game 7 of the 2025 World Series was bound to be appointment-viewing, but it got off to a rather odd start. As Fox Sports returned to commercial after the top of the first inning — in which Ohtani hit a single but was stranded at third base — the Los Angeles Dodgers star had just emerged from the dugout.