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Harsh words if you are the team being talked about, but not when you are a member of the Toronto Blue Jays. Article content Article content

This team thrives in the underdog role and, make no mistake, they enter the coming World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers on the receiving end of that description.

The Dodgers own a quartet of starting pitchers that have been nearly unhittable.

In the four-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers, the Dodgers used Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani to start four games. Over 28 2/3 innings combined, those four pitchers gave up a total of nine hits and just three earned runs.

The Jays have proven all season they can hit good pitching — see the Mariners’ George Kirby, Luis Castillo

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