TORONTO -- Heading into Game 7 of the World Series on Saturday night, the Blue Jays felt good about where they were from a pitching standpoint. The belief was that, if Max Scherzer could just start them off on the right foot, there was more than enough firepower in the bullpen with all of their top arms available.

Scherzer did his part by holding the Dodgers to one run in 4 1/3 innings and handed it off to Louis Varland, who in making his 15th appearance set the record for most games by a pitcher in a single postseason, to finish the fifth. The Blue Jays’ offense supplied an early lead in the form of Bo Bichette’s three-run home run off Shohei Ohtani in the third. And yet, in the end, the Blue Jays suffered a heartbreaking 5-4 loss in 11 innings , largely the result of three homers su

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