ARLINGTON, Texas — Now it's up to Blake Snell. 

The Rays' left-handed ace will take the mound Tuesday night in Game 6 of the World Series, hoping to give his team a performance that helps Tampa Bay earn a win against the Los Angeles Dodgers and extend the championship series to a Game 7. 

After Saturday night's Game 4 heroics saw the Rays pull off an improbable 8-7 win in the bottom of the ninth, the Dodgers took the advantage with a gritty performance from pitcher Clayton Kershaw in a 4-2 Game 5 win Sunday night.

Tuesday's first pitch is at 8 p.m. 

Los Angeles, with a big league-leading payroll of $95.6 million in the pandemic-shortened season, has outplayed the low-budget Rays. The Dodgers have outscored the Rays 29-21, outhit them .264 to .228 and outhomered them 11-8 with an offense led by Corey Seager (.471, two homers, four RBIs), Max Muncy (.389, six RBIs) and Justin Turner (.364).

While Manuel Margot (.400), Kevin Kiermaier (.375, two homers, three RBIs) and Randy Arozarena (.333, two homers, three RBIs) have produced, Austin Meadows (.154), Joey Wendle (.133) and Mike Zunino (0 for 13) have struggled. Lowe (3 for 21, three homers, six RBIs) has been hit and miss.

Rays manager Kevin Cash said he plans on formulating his lineup to guard against a short outing by Gonsolin followed by righty-lefty switches. He hopes Snell pitches aggressively.

“We just haven’t done a good enough job of establishing that we’re going to get outs within the zone early in the count,” he said. “But the Dodgers do a tremendous job of seeing pitches, getting deep in the count, pretty fearless with hitting with two strikes.”

Tampa Bay won its first division title since 2010 and is in the Series for the second time, following a five-game loss to Philadelphia in 2008. The Rays and Cash have impressed Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts with their relentlessness, evidenced by their ninth-inning rally to win Game 4.

“They play the game the right way. They’re grinders,” Roberts said. “He balances analytics with just watching his players. He trust his players. His players are kind of very unselfish.”

Information From The Associated Press Was Used In This Report.