Overview
- Toronto won 11-4 at Rogers Centre to take a 1-0 series lead, erupting for nine runs in the sixth with Addison Barger delivering the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history and Alejandro Kirk adding a two-run homer.
- Dodgers ace Blake Snell departed after loading the bases on his 100th pitch, and relievers Emmet Sheehan and Anthony Banda allowed all three inherited runners plus two homers as the inning spiraled.
- Daulton Varsho had tied the game earlier with a two-run shot in the fourth, while Shohei Ohtani recorded his first World Series home run with a two-run blast in the seventh for Los Angeles.
- The opener was the first World Series game in Toronto since 1993, with the Blue Jays piling up 14 hits and wearing down Dodgers pitching from the outset.
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto is slated for Game 2 against Kevin Gausman, putting bullpen management under the microscope after Game 1 underscored Los Angeles’ relief vulnerability.