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I’m curious whether the marathon game caused these last two Dodger losses. You would expect a nearly seven-hour game to affect older players more than younger ones. The Dodgers have the oldest set of position players in baseball, with a playing-time weighted age of 30.7. The Blue Jays are more than two years younger at 28.1. Of the 19 players with at least ten plate appearances in the Series, seven of the eight youngest play for the Blue Jays, and the eighth, Andy Pages, has been benched.
