TORONTO (AP)–now might pitch on back-to-back days. For Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, the only certainty is that Yoshinobu Yamamoto won’t pitch. Besides that?<\/p>\n
“Everyone will be available,” Roberts said.<\/p>\n
The Dodgers survived a wild ninth inning to hold off the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1<\/a> in Game 6, forcing the winner-take-all showdown Saturday night. Three-time Cy Young Award winner and former Dodger Max Scherzer is expected to start for the Blue Jays<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Dodgers pitching plans are less certain, but they do include two-way Ohtani in some fashion. Roberts said Thursday that he\u2019d consider using Ohtani as an opener or even as an outfielder in Game 7, and stuck with that after Game 6.<\/p>\n \u201cI think right now, there\u2019s no wrong answer,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cHe\u2019s certainly going to be a part of the pitching plan. With Shohei it could be two innings, but it could be four innings. So I\u2019m not sure where we\u2019re going to slot him. We\u2019re going to have to talk to him first on where he feels most comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n If Ohtani entered as a reliever after starting the game as a designated hitter, he would need to play a position after pitching to remain in the game. The Dodgers would lose their DH.<\/p>\n Per MLB rules created to facilitate Ohtani’s two-way status, Ohtani can remain in the game as a DH if he begins the game as the starting pitcher.<\/p>\n Ohtani threw 93 pitches in Wednesday\u2019s 6-2 loss in Game 4, allowing four runs and six hits in six innings.<\/p>\n