Dodgers Make Several Lineup Changes for Game 6 of World Series

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (30) speaks in a press conference before game five of the 2025 MLB World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday. | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Mookie Betts will bat cleanup for the Dodgers in Game 6 of the World Series on Friday as the Dodgers look to extend their season one more day.

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Manager Dave Roberts moved Betts into the number-3 spot in the batting order for the first time this postseason in Game 5 on Thursday. The Toronto Blue Jays won that Game, 6-1, taking a 3-2 lead in the series and pushing the Dodgers to the brink of elimination.

Game 6.

Tonight's #WorldSeries Dodgers lineup at Blue Jays: pic.twitter.com/EBgHtHUoBy

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 31, 2025

Now, with the season hanging in the balance, Roberts is moving Betts down another spot and inserting Miguel Rojas into his starting lineup for the first time in the series.

Rojas will play second base, Tommy Edman will start in center field, and both Andy Pages and Alex Call will begin the game on the bench.

Right-hander Kevin Gausman is starting the game for the Blue Jays opposite the Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

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Roberts replaced Pages with Call for Game 5, after saying he was deciding between using Call or Rojas for the pivotal game. Call went 0 for 2 with a walk.

Betts, meanwhile, went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts, extending his October woes at an inopportune time for the Dodgers. Betts is slashing .234/.319/.328 with no home runs since the postseason began.

Rogers Centre, 3:28 pm ET: La calma que precede a la tormenta.#Dodgers #BlueJays #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/RIMK7ABaE8

— Enrique Rojas/ESPN (@Enrique_Rojas1) October 31, 2025

Of course, Betts is hardly alone in his struggles. No Dodgers hitter with at least 12 at-bats this postseason has a batting average higher than Teoscar Hernandez's .286.

Pages, who's hitting .080, is having arguably the worst postseason by any batter in MLB history.

Andy Pages is having the weakest hitting postseason on record (min 50 PA) https://t.co/Rc9HUI9hFf pic.twitter.com/vxdXMz1UbB

— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) October 30, 2025

Rojas has three hits in 10 at-bats this postseason, but he has only two at-bats since Oct. 8. The 36-year-old doesn't have a hit since the Wild Card round against the Cincinnati Reds.

Toronto will host Games 6 and 7 (if necessary) seeking to be the first club to clinch a World Series at home since the Houston Astros in 2022.

The Dodgers are facing elimination for the first time since Game 5 of the 2024 National Leaue Division Series against the San Diego Padres. With a win tonight, the Dodgers would force Game 7, marking the first winner-take-all World Series Game since 2019 beteween the Astros and Nationals. It would be the 45th Game 7 in World Series history and the 41st winner-take-all game in the Fall Classic.

A World Series Game 7 would mark the seventh winner-take-all contest of the 2025 Postseason, matching 2012 for the most ever winner-take-all games in a single Postseason.

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