The Dodgers had given up a total five runs in the previous five games. Blake Snell and the Dodgers’ starting pitchers were on an historic roll...until last night’s sixth inning. Addison Barger’s grand slam highlighted a nine-run...that’s right, nine-run sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays routed the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series, 11-4.

Toronto’s bats showed up and were the story in the opening game of the Fall Classic as the Jays pounded out 14 hits including home runs from Barger, Daulton Varsho , and Alejandro Kirk . Six pitchers combined to limit the Dodgers to six hits and four runs. Shohei Ohtani went yard in the seventh, but it was too little too late for the National League champs.

Game 2 is tonight. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is slated to take the mound

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