TORONTO (AP) — Max Scherzer is about to become the only living pitcher to start a winner-take-all World Series Game 7 for a second time.

Baseball will have its ultimate game Saturday night when Scherzer and the Toronto Blue Jays play the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are trying to become the first team to win consecutive titles since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees won three in row.

Los Angeles had been expected to start Tyler Glasnow before he closed out a 3-1 victory in Game 6 . The 6-foot-8 right-hander is likely still available, but manager Dave Roberts’ options also include Shohei Ohtani , who could pitch 2-4 innings as an opener on short rest.

Scherzer also started the last Game 7 in 2019, boosted by a cortisone injection for an irritated nerve near his neck. Mad Max didn’t have a

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