Game 1 of the 2025 World Series on Friday night is the start of the 25th playoff series/round the Dodgers have played in 10 seasons under manager Dave Roberts.

They are 17-7 in Games 1 thus far under Roberts, including six straight such wins covering this postseason and last. They are 3-5 on the road in Games 1 under Roberts, with two of the wins coming in the last two rounds.

The Dodgers’ Game 1 result has matched the series outcome 18 times in 24 chances over the last 10 years under Roberts. In best-of-seven series over that time, the Dodgers’ Game 1 fate matched that of the series seven out of 10 times.

In World Series history, the winner of Game 1 has won the championship 77 out of 120 times (64.2 percent), including 18 of the last 22 Fall Classics.

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