TORONTO — Given the magnitude of Friday’s game, the Blue Jays were willing to give George Springer the benefit of the doubt.

Springer returned to action, in the leadoff spot, three days after departing with side discomfort from a swing.

The Blue Jays won Games 4 and 5 of the World Series without the veteran DH.

“The feedback we got from him in the last couple days helped, and watching him swing,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said before the Dodgers’ 3-1 victory over the Blue Jays in Game 6 of the World Series.

“It’s maybe a different story if the season doesn’t have the potential to just be two games. If it had the potential to be another two weeks, maybe a little bit different, but he’s ready to go.”

Springer’s bat had produced the biggest hit of this postseason: a three-run ho

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