Toronto Blue Jays infielder Bo Bichette is not in the starting lineup for Game 2 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.

A two-time All-Star shortstop and two-time AL hits leader, Bichette went 1 for 2 with a walk in his return to the lineup in Friday’s 11-4 Game 1 win . It was his first action since spraining his left knee in a Sept. 6 collision with New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells.

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Isiah Kiner-Falefa was expected to start at second base and bat eighth against Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2. Kiner-Falefa replaced Bichette as a pinch-runner in Toronto’s nine-run sixth inning on Friday.

Catcher Alejandro Kirk, who capped the nine-run frame with a two-run homer, took over

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