ORLANDO, Fla. -- Having watched the play thousands of times, Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider doesn't want Isiah Kiner-Falefa to be criticized for getting thrown out at the plate in the ninth inning in Game 7 of the World Series - falling an inch short of scoring a championship-winning run.

"I feel so bad for Izzy for getting all the blame," Schneider said Tuesday at the winter meetings. "So, could we have done a better job of getting Izzy another step or two down? Yeah, for sure."

After Miguel Rojas hit a tying homer for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the top half, Bo Bichette singled with one out in the bottom half off Blake Snell and Kiner-Falefa entered as a pinch runner. Addison Barger walked, and Alejandro Kirk was hit by a pitch from Yoshinobu Yamamoto , load

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