LOS ANGELES -- Eric Lauer does not top the list of players you would have expected to make a huge impact during this World Series, yet he came excruciatingly close to becoming Toronto’s latest hero in Game 3.

Lauer gave the Blue Jays all he had and then some in Monday night’s 18-inning marathon at Dodger Stadium. Entering the game with one out in the bottom of the 12th, the left-hander proceeded to blank the Dodgers across 4 2/3 innings with a herculean effort out of the bullpen that should have been his signature performance.

The only problem was that Lauer was matched on the other side by another out-of-nowhere performance from Will Klein, the last available reliever for the Dodgers who shut down the Blue Jays across four scoreless frames of his own.

Having combined for 68 pitches o

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