An MRI on Springer’s right side after Game 3 was negative and Jays manager John Schneider characterized Springer's status as "hour-to-hour" before leaving him off the Game 4 lineup card.

After four games of this World Series, the underdogs from up north are fresh, feisty and very much alive, having pulled into a two-game-apiece tie after a 6-2 victory in a slog of a Game 4.

Freeman has at least one base hit in three straight games.