US EditionBlue Jays beat Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1 of World Series
- On Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the L.A. Dodgers 11-4 at Rogers Centre, opening the best-of-seven World Series with Addison Barger's historic pinch-hit grand slam.
- Knocking starter Blake Snell from the game, the Jays erupted in a dizzying sixth inning as reliever Emmet Sheehan entered, walking Nathan Lukes and allowing Andrés Giménez’s single.
- Varsho and Kirk provided early offense while 22-year-old rookie starter Trey Yesavage allowed two earned runs over four innings and struck out five.
- Kevin Gausman will start Game 2 on Saturday in Toronto, while relievers Mason Fluharty, Seranthony Domínguez, Chris Bassitt and Eric Lauer delivered scoreless work to preserve the win.
- Despite Shohei Ohtani's two-run homer for the Dodgers, Friday's game featured polished anthems by a gospel choir, packed press boxes, and boos for Ohtani in Toronto.
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On the return of the World Series to Canada, the hero was Mexican. Alejandro Kirk made history in his debut in the Autumn Classic to command the Toronto Blue Jays triumph over Los Angeles Dodgers by 11-4 board in Game 1 played at the Rogers Centre. Despite the current baseball champions taking the lead with the unstoppable Kiké Hernández and Will Smith in the first third of the game, the Blue Jays soon reacted when they tied the game with a quad…
Blue Jays stun Dodgers in World Series opener
The Toronto Blue Jays were made to wait longer than most teams to return to the World Series but made up for lost time with an 11-4 rout of the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday in game one of the best-of-seven championship.
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Daily Local NewsWorld Series: Blue Jays strike for 9 runs in 6th inning to rout Dodgers in Game 1
TORONTO — Blue Jays fans waited 32 years to let loose cheering a World Series home run. They got to do it three times. Addison Barger launched the first pinch-hit grand slam in Fall Classic history, Alejandro Kirk followed with a two-run homer in a nine-run sixth inning and Toronto overwhelmed the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Friday night’s opener. “Just madness,” Barger said of the third-highest-scoring inning in Series annals…
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