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He’s coming in to face Vladdy with two outs here in the bottom of the 4th.

As the pitcher who hit Giménez — sparking that bench-clearing melee — exited the game, fans boo him heartily.

There were some middle fingers, and plenty of yelling “Get out of here!”

There is no reason, in Game 7 of the World Series, to put a runner on base out of spite. Especially the No. 9 hitter.

But Giménez was clearly upset after multiple pitches came inside on him, including a final one that got him.

The benches have been warned, meaning one more hit by pitch could lead to an ejection.

And if you didn’t think the crowd was into it before, it’s certainly engaged now.

After almost getting hit twice, the Jays shortstop gets drilled and has words for the pitcher. Wrobleski walked straight at Giménez, which got Blue Jays players out of the dugout.

The benches cleared as the crowd roars.

The umpires shuffled the players back to their benches.

Warnings are now in place for both teams.

So, Will Smith scores after doubling to lead off the inning.

The Jays’ defence gets Scherzer out of the jam and that might be it for the future Hall of Famer. That was his 28th career postseason start.

An incredible diving catch by the centre fielder Varsho — but it almost feels routine for him.

His latest all-out effort just saved the Jays a run and stole a massive out with the bases loaded. Then, Guerrero made a diving stab of his own to get out of the jam.

The Dodgers scored one in the inning, but it could have been so much more.

Defence has been this team’s calling card all year, and it just showed up in the biggest moment.

Unreal defence from the Jays.

With the bases loaded, Varsho made a great catch diving almost straight forward.

The Dodgers scored one on the play to make it 3-1.

Then Vladdy dove to his right to take a hit away from Edman and end the inning and the Dodger’s threat.

OK, breathe. You just witnessed an all-time Jays moment — but it’s still just the fourth inning. And the lead is only three runs.

Now, there will be even more scrutiny on how Schneider navigates his bullpen.

Expect to see Yesavage, possibly Bieber and, if the lead lasts until the ninth, closer Jeff Hoffman.

For now, the hope is that Scherzer keeps dealing — ideally through the fifth.

Springer ripped a base hit into left field.

Lukes dropped a nice bunt to advance Springer to second, and almost got on base in the process.

A wild pitch from Ohtani moved Springer to third. Vladdy was then intentionally walked.

And then, the moment we’ll watch on loop for a long time: Bichette slammed a home run to give the Jays a 3-0 lead.

Barger welcomed Wrobleski to the game with a base hit. But Kirk and Varsho retired to end the frame.

Bo Bichette, whose knee injury might have cost the Jays a run one inning earlier, might just have become a World Series legend.

Reminiscent of Kirk Gibson, who hit a legendary pinch-hit home run for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1988 World Series despite a lower-body injury.

That’s why the Blue Jays kept Bichette’s bat in the lineup — because you don’t have to run hard when you hit the ball 442 feet to centre field.

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