With everything on the line Saturday night, the Los Angeles Dodgers plan to start Shohei Ohtani on short rest in Game 7. A final decision had not been made as of late Friday night, but the team is leaning in that direction.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said in a news conference after his team's 3-1, season-saving win in Game 6 that every pitcher except Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be available.

That includes Tyler Glasnow , who was lined up to start Game 7 but came out of the bullpen to record the final three outs in Friday's Game 6. It includes Roki Sasaki , who faced seven batters. And it includes Ohtani, whose easiest path to pitching has always been to open the game, rather than coming out of the bullpen.

Ohtani pitched six innings and threw 93 pitches in Game 4 and would be

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