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By Peter Chawaga
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The Toronto Blue Jays managed to tie up the World Series at two games apiece with a win against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.
Now the team is promised a chance to bring the Fall Classic back to Canada and it has recaptured some critical momentum thanks to the victory. Perhaps most impressive is that the Blue Jays were able to generate more offense than the Dodgers, even without one of their most successful postseason hitters in the lineup.
The Blue Jays lost slugger George Springer after he experienced right side discomfort in Game 3 and he was ruled out for Game 4. Following that injury, speculation landed on Springer suffering an oblique injury, though the team did not reveal specifics.
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“The Jays did not reveal the results of Springer’s MRI, would not call the injury what it probably is, some kind of issue with his oblique,” Ken Rosenthal wrote for The Athletic.
An oblique injury would seemingly rule out Springer for the rest of the World Series. But during the game, Blue Jays manager John Schneider hinted that Springer will fight his way back into the lineup before it’s all said and done.
“I think so,” the manager told Rosenthal during an in-game interview, when asked if it was realistic that Springer could return. “He was able to swing a little bit this afternoon and is kind of progressively feeling a little bit better as the day goes on. We’ll see how the rest of this game goes. If not (Tuesday), hopefully (Wednesday), he should be good to go.”
The Blue Jays have once again proven their resilience as a team with their critical win on Tuesday and a return from Springer would be just another example of their team toughness.
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