Where to watch: FOX/ FOX Sports

Probable pitchers: RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (2-1, 1.83 ERA, 18 K) vs. RHP Kevin Gausman (2-1, 2.00, 12 K)

Despite being the team with home-field advantage, the Toronto Blue Jays came into yesterday’s significant underdogs against the reigning champion Dodgers. With the fate of baseball in 2027 potentially on the line in this Fall Classic, the Blue Jays gave most of the baseball-loving public exactly what they wanted: a trashing of the Dodgers in an 11-4 Game 1 win.

The story of Game 1 was perfectly encapsulated in the Blue Jays’ nine-run 6th inning. After five mostly good innings from LA’s de facto ace, Blake Snell, Toronto loaded the bases to chase Snell and began unleashing knockout blow after knockout blow. Ernie Clement singled to center to break the 2-

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