The Dodgers allowed nine runs in the sixth inning to turn a close Game 1 into a Blue Jays rout on Friday night. On Saturday in Game 2, Los Angeles will try to leave Rogers Centre in Toronto with a split.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto was the rock of the Dodgers pitching staff this season, the only starter to remain on the active roster all season, posting a 2.49 ERA and 2.73 xERA in 30 starts and 173 2/3 innings, the first Dodgers pitcher to qualify for leaderboards since 2022. Yamamoto has a 1.83 ERA in 19 2/3 innings in his three starts this postseason, and is coming off the team’s first playoff complete game in 21 years, 11 days ago.

Kevin Gausman has been as dependable as they come, starting at least 31 games for the last five years in a row, including a 3.59 ERA and 3.70 xERA in 32 starts and

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