The Dodgers lost a clunker to the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night, thanks to a nine-run sixth inning that turned the opener into a laugher. Blake Snell allowed the first three runs of the inning, leaving after not retiring any of his three batters faced in the sixth, and suffered his first loss in four starts this postseason.

“I just thought tonight Blake just didn’t have fastball command. He was working deeper counts,” manager Dave Roberts told reporters in Toronto after the loss. “When he had count leverage, he really couldn’t put ’em away because they were putting the ball in play, and there were just a couple bad walks in there.”

Snell, who walked three and allowed five runs in his five-plus innings, agreed about his fastball command during his postgame media

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