“Guess he’s going to blame the Canadian government for that”: Fans react as Dodgers’ Dave Roberts falls flat racing Hyeseong Kim during practice

Things have not gone to plan for the Los Angeles Dodgers as the NL West team has lost consecutive World Series games and are facing a crunch Game 6 against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.

Amid the team's offensive struggles, manager Dave Roberts faced a goofy setback of his own ahead of Game 6. Roberts raced rookie Hyeseong Kim from first base to third at Rogers Centre on Thursday. While the Dodgers skipper had a head start in the race, he fell flat on his face after rounding second base.

Fans reacted to the Dodgers manager's mishap on social media.

"I’m guessing he’s going to blame the Canadian government for that one." "Such an apt analogy for a team that led baseball in spending, essentially starting the race w/ a lead just to face-plant." "Blue Jays grounds crew better put a chalk outline of a body there for BP." "This guy doing child’s drills 24 hours before he’s about to be sent to cancun…love it." "Accurate representation of the Dodgers last 2 games." "Well if that isn’t a harbinger of things to come…"

The Dodgers won Game 2 at Rogers Centre and the team will be hoping for an inspired performance on Friday to push the series to a decisive Game 7 in Toronto.

Freedie Freeman sees bright side of manager Dave Roberts' lighthearted mishap

The NL Pennant winners came into the series with hopes of becoming the first team to defend their World Series crown since the New York Yankees won three consecutive titles (1998-2000).

While the Dodgers swept the Milwaukee Brewers to clinch the NLCS, they have not been able to come up with answers against the Blue Jays in their last two games.

With the offense managing three runs in their last two games, several Dodgers stars are under pressure to deliver in a potentially season-defining Game 6. World Series MVP Freddie Freeman, who struck a walk-off grand slam in Game 4, claimed Dave Roberts' mishap would help ease the tension in the locker room.

"That's what we needed," Freeman said.

Meanwhile, the Blue Jays will have the home fans ready to have go at the Dodgers players as the team chase their first World Series title in more than three decades.

Edited by Chaitanya Prakash