The historic stats produced by Blue Jays in World Series opener

t was a strange night at the ballpark to open the World Series Friday night in Toronto and it was also an historic one. Saturday’s Game 2 wasn’t of the same caliber, but Yoshinobu Yamamoto made sure it was mildly historic and there were still some statistics worth noting. Article content

Here’s what’s caught our eye through two games, with help from Sportsnet Stats and elsewhere, as the series now shifts to Los Angeles for three. Article content Article content

Toronto has now given up the first run to its opponent seven times in the last nine games after scoring first in all four games against the New York Yankees.

George Springer now has 44 extra-base hits in the playoffs, good for fifth on the all-time list. Springer trails only Yankees stars Derek Jeter (57) and Bernie Williams