TORONTO - When Kike Hernandez was struck out by Toronto Blue Jays reliever Chris Bassitt in the ninth inning of Game 6 of the World Series, he watched the Jumbotron at Rogers Centre to see the replay of the at bat.

It was then that he noticed Bassitt had written a "51" on the side of his hat in tribute to Hernandez's Los Angeles Dodgers teammate, reliever Alex Vesia.

"Instead of being mad that I struck out, I was kind of going back to the dugout thinking, 'Did Bassitt play with Vesia at some point?' and then after the game, I saw that everybody had them," said Hernandez on Saturday ahead of Game 7.

All four Blue Jays relievers that came out of the bullpen in Toronto's 3-1 loss on Friday — Louis Varland, Mason Fluharty, Seranthony Dominguez and Bassitt — had written "51" on their hats.

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