TORONTO — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will consider using Shohei Ohtani as an opener or even an outfielder in Game 7 if Los Angeles forces the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays to the limit.
The two-way star threw 93 pitches Wednesday in the Dodgers’ 6-2 loss to the Blue Jays in Game 4 and could be available as a reliever this weekend in Toronto.
However, if Ohtani entered as a reliever after starting the game as a designated hitter, the Dodgers would lose their DH. He can remain in the game as a DH if he also is the starting pitcher.
“I think we would consider everything,” Roberts said Thursday, a day ahead of Game 6. “It’s more of just kind of doing whatever we can to get through tomorrow and then pick up the pieces and then see what’s the best way to attack a potential Ga

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