TORONTO -- He wiped his face with his glove hand more often. He reached for the PitchCom with a hesitation that told the story. Even with a game-time temperature of 68 degrees and the roof closed at the Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays made Dodgers starter Blake Snell sweat.

Blake Snell hadn't seen this. Neither did his bullpen. Not this lineup that made easy work of the Yankees in four games, slashing .338/.373/.601 with a .974 OPS in the ALDS. Not the club that slugged its way out of a 2-0 hole, doing it on the road for that matter, against the Mariners a round later.

Snell and the Dodgers had faced a lineup built for this kind of fight. Friday's 11-4 beatdown in Game 1 of the World Series made that clear.

The Dodgers are the heavyweight in this sport. Their starters have po

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