<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-max-scherzer-guarantee-18-inning-game-3-loss');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blue Jays’ Max Scherzer makes guarantee after heartbreaking 18-inning Game 3 loss');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Blue-Jays-pitcher-Max-Scherzer_693a1a.jpg"><figcaption>© Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Blue Jays’ Max Scherzer makes guarantee after heartbreaking 18-inning Game 3 loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-28T09:49:26-07:00">October 28th, 9:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-28T09:49:51-07:00">October 28th, 9:49am</time><address><a>Benjamin Adducchio</a>Benjamin Adducchio is a journalist and writer with more than a decade of experience in covering sports news. Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer struggled in Game 3 of the World Series Monday. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-shohei-ohtani-electrifies-dodger-stadium-world-series-homer-max-schurzer">Scherzer lasted four-plus innings</a> in the game, but allowed five hits and three earned runs. Scherzer <a href="https://torontosun.com/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-fall-to-dodgers-in-18-innings" rel="noopener">is making a promise</a> about his team following the loss.</p><p>“We’ve done this our whole season,” Scherzer said about the need to bounce back in Game 4, per the Toronto Sun. “This one will sting tonight, don’t get me wrong. You wouldn’t be human if it didn’t.</p><p>“The way our team functions, we’ll have a good effort (on Tuesday.)”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-post-epic-video-freddie-freeman-world-series-walk-offs">Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off home run</a> in the 18th inning of Game 3. It was one of the longest World Series games in Major League Baseball history. The Blue Jays used nine pitchers in the game, while Los Angeles used 10.</p><p>Toronto and Los Angeles play Game 4 on Tuesday night. It is a must-win for the Blue Jays, who have lost back-to-back games.</p><h2><b>Blue Jays are banged up heading into Game 4</b></h2><p>Toronto is definitely feeling the pain after losing Game 3. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-george-springer-world-series-game-3-injury-scare">George Springer went out of the game</a> with an injury, that required an MRI. <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46752028/blue-jays-george-springer-exits-game-3-world-series-vs-dodgers-injuring-swing" rel="noopener">It is highly doubtful</a> he will play in Game 4.</p><p>“He’s obviously a huge part of our lineup,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said of Springer, per ESPN. “Glad I got him out when I did, and hopefully it didn’t make anything worse, but we’ll see how he is [Tuesday].”</p><p>Schneider acknowledges though that Springer <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/george-springer-exits-world-series-game-3-after-swing" rel="noopener">has been really physically limited</a>.</p><p>“I feel like he’s being held together with duct tape,” Schneider said before Game 3, per MLB.com. “[His knee] kind of comes and goes, but that’s fine. It was actually a little bit more sore the day of Game 1 for whatever reason as opposed to those off-days. I think he’s fine.”</p><p>The Blue Jays are giving Shane Bieber the ball in Game 4. He will be going against Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani had an epic offensive performance in Game 3, with two home runs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blue Jays’ Max Scherzer makes guarantee after heartbreaking 18-inning Game 3 loss

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-shohei-ohtani-electrifies-dodger-stadium-world-series-homer-max-schurzer');   ga('set', 'title', 'Shohei Ohtani electrifies Dodger Stadium with World Series homer off Max Scherzer');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Shohei-Ohtani-4.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Shohei Ohtani electrifies Dodger Stadium with World Series homer off Max Scherzer</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T18:36:57-07:00">October 27th, 6:36pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T18:38:42-07:00">October 27th, 6:38pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After watching Shohei Ohtani make contact with a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-george-springer-booed-relentlessly-by-dodgers-fans-before-game-3-of-world-series">Max Scherzer </a>curveball inside in the first inning, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-dave-roberts-walks-back-conspiracy-theory-toronto-travel-delays">Los Angeles Dodgers fans in Chavez Ravine</a> and beyond watched with baited breath to see the three-time MVP go up against the three-time Cy Young winner once more in the third inning.</p><p>With the score 1-0 after Teoscar Hernandez bashed a solo bomb off the former Dodger, Ohtani squared up against the future Hall of Famer and promptly went to work, hitting the sixth ball thrown his way, a 95 mph four-seamer<a href="https://Twitter.com/MLB/status/1982976219403485533" rel="noopener"> 389 feet just west of the foul pole for another solo shot</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="de">SHOHEI OHTANI GOES DEEP OFF MAX SCHERZER<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WORLDSERIES?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WORLDSERIES</a> <a href="https://t.co/iOQBRvhcib">pic.twitter.com/iOQBRvhcib</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1982976219403485533?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>One of the five best power hitters in baseball this season, Ohtani has been called a postseason choker by some of his detractors due to his lack of October production in the playoffs for the Dodgers. Fortunately, in 2025, that perception has begun to change, with Ohtani hitting as many home runs in the final game of the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers as his entire 16-game run in 2024, while adding two more during the World Series so far.</p><p>Unfortunately for the Dodgers, their lead did not last long, as in the very next inning, Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run homer to put the Blue Jays ahead, and Andres Gimenez added one more run with an RBI before Tyler Glasnow closed out the inning. But regardless of how the Dodgers’ pitching performs, no one can say Ohtani didn’t do his part in keeping LA alive, as his NLCS MVP play has clearly traveled with him to the World Series.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Shohei Ohtani electrifies Dodger Stadium with World Series homer off Max Scherzer

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A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Toronto <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-starter-max-scherzer-history-against-dodgers-game-3">Blue Jays starting pitcher Max Scherzer</a> knows the weight of the world — or, at least, Canada — is on his shoulders in Game 3 of the World Series.</p><p>The 41-year-old future Hall of Famer is used to it, making his fifth World Series start of his career Monday night in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. His manager, John Schneider knows it too, so when he was asked what level of madness to expect from his starter, he <a href="https://x.com/KeeganMatheson/status/1982916553256697869" rel="noopener">had a funny answer</a>.</p><p>“Wonder how many coaches he’ll knock over tonight,” he said, per MLB.com’s Keegan Matheson.</p><p>Schneider is, of course, referring to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-max-scherzer-left-teammates-terrified-join-mound-visit">blowup Scherzer had in Game 4 of the ALCS</a> against the Seattle Mariners when the Toronto manager went to take him out of the game in the fifth inning. Scherzer, shall we say, <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/max-scherzer-john-schneider-mound-visit-alcs-game-4" rel="noopener">emphatically suggested</a> he remain in the game to finish the frame.</p><p>“I thought he was going to kill me. It was great,” Schneider said at the time. “He locked eyes with me, both colors, as I walked out. It’s not fake. That’s the thing, this isn’t fake. He has that Mad Max persona, and he backed it up tonight.”</p><p>Scherzer has a slightly more polite recollection of the moment.</p><p>“All of the sudden I saw Schneids coming out and I kind of went, ‘Whoaaa, whoa whoa. I’m not coming out of this ballgame.’ I felt too good,” Scherzer said. “We had a little conversation where I basically said that I was willing to stay in the ballgame, just with some other words involved. I knew I was strong. I knew I wanted the ball.”</p><p>Of course, Scherzer struck out Randy Arozarena to end the inning. The Blue Jays tacked on three runs in the later innings and won the game 8-2 — a final score not indicative of the intensity of the moment.</p><p>Scherzer will square off against Tyler Glasnow in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night at 8 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blue Jays manager John Schneider’s hilarious Max Scherzer expectation for Game 3

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A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2025 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-john-schneiders-confident-bullpen-message-ahead-of-world-series-game-3">World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers</a> has now shifted to LA with the series tied at one game apiece. And while the Dodgers are widely considered the favorites to capture their second consecutive championship, Blue Jays fans have <a href="https://x.com/CodifyBaseball/status/1982867525047333126" rel="noopener">reason to be confident</a> in Monday night’s pivotal Game 3.</p><p>As Codify Baseball points out, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-news-max-scherzer-fans-ready-run-through-wall-game-3">Toronto starter Max Scherzer</a> has had a wild run of success against the Dodgers that spans more than a decade.</p><p>“Max Scherzer’s ERA in the last 12 years is 1.80 against the Los Angeles Dodgers and 3.08 against everyone else,” the account posted on Monday.</p><p>Scherzer is 41 years old, so he has a lot of history against most teams. But his career ERA against the Dodgers is 2.38 in 17 starts, which is nearly a full run lower than his career 3.22 ERA.</p><p>Monday will be Scherzer’s fifth World Series start as he seeks his third ring with as many clubs. It will also be the 500th start of his career between the regular season and postseason. Through it all, the future Hall of Famer <a href="https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/max-scherzer-named-blue-jays-world-series-game-3-starter" rel="noopener">hasn’t let the big stage</a> become old hat.</p><p>“You just think about it all,” Scherzer said, per MLB.com. “Throughout your whole life, all the different things that have unfolded, and just so fortunate to have another crack at this. I mean, there’s so many great players that have never gotten to a World Series, so many great players where they only have one World Series. … I absolutely respect playing in a World Series, what that means, and absolutely cherish these opportunities.”</p><p>He’ll have his work cut out for him going up against Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow. Glasnow has allowed just one run over 13.1 innings this postseason. And if this series goes the distance, Scherzer vs. Glasnow would be the likely Game 7 matchup.</p><p>Game 3 gets underway at 8 p.m. ET Monday night on Fox.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer’s history against Dodgers bodes well for Game 3

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Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-freddie-freeman-glad-yoshinobu-yamamoto-complete-world-series">Toronto Blue Jays lost a tough Game 2 in the World Series</a> to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Los Angeles evened the World Series at 1-1, following a dominant 5-1 victory Saturday. Toronto’s veteran pitcher Max Scherzer is sending out a message, so Blue Jays fans <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6750630/2025/10/26/dodgers-blue-jays-max-scherzer-game-3-start/?source=emp_shared_article" rel="noopener">don’t lose hope</a>.</p><p>“This is what you play for,” Scherzer said, per The Athletic. “To be able to get to this spot, to get to this moment, to have a shot at it.”</p><p>Toronto is giving their veteran hurler the ball in Game 3. Scherzer has overcome an injury this season, to help out Toronto in any way he can. Scherzer is laser-focused on giving Toronto a win in the Fall Classic’s third game this season.</p><p>“I have plenty of motivation,” Scherzer said. “I’m here to win and I’ve got a clubhouse full of guys who want to win too.”</p><p>Toronto and Los Angeles play again on Monday.</p><h2><b>The Blue Jays have a chance to get momentum in the World Series</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Blue-Jays-make-history-not-seen-in-57-years-in-6th-inning-vs.-Dodgers.jpg"><figcaption>Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Toronto used their offense to power past the New York Yankees in the ALDS. Then, the Blue Jays needed absolutely everything they had from their arms to defeat the Seattle Mariners in the ALCS.</p><p>While the offense was once again producing in Game 1, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-fans-in-shock-after-yoshinobu-yamamoto-dominated-world-series-game-2">Blue Jays bats were awfully quiet in Game 2 of the World Series</a>. Toronto hopes that Scherzer can handle the Dodgers bats, and give the team more time to find their offense.</p><p>“I’m not trying to let the moment change my intensity,” Scherzer said. “That’s why I’m intense, every single time.”</p><p>Scherzer has been around. The veteran has now reached the World Series with four different clubs. Scherzer also <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46731062/blue-jays-max-scherzer-start-game-3-world-series" rel="noopener">has the respect of his opponent</a>.</p><p>“He’s one of one,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, per the Associated Press. “Great competitor. Don’t want to touch him during outings, don’t want to pat him on the backside. Wants to be the guy. I really enjoyed managing a future Hall of Famer. He’s very smart. He’s a baseball player first, then a pitcher. It’s going to be a good test for us in Game 3.”</p><p>The Dodgers are going with Tyler Glasnow on the hill for Game 3.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
39	1.39	18	0.46	1

2025 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
39	1.39	18	0.46	1

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