LOS ANGELES -- George Springer tried and tried, but he’s not ready to return to the World Series just yet.

After leaving Game 3 of the World Series with “right oblique discomfort,” Springer was held out of the Blue Jays’ starting lineup for Game 4 against the Dodgers on Tuesday but tried to ramp things up again Wednesday afternoon to play in Game 5.

His day was a slow progression; he first took swings before running in the outfield. Springer ran straight lines in the Dodger Stadium outfield first while the Blue Jays’ training staff watched on, then began running in curved patterns, closer to simulating baserunning. The final test for Springer was hitting off a machine, which would have tested his injury more with the rotational movement of a swing. Ultimately, that will be what Springe

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