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The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1 of the World Series Friday night at the Rogers Centre.
The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead with runs in the second and third innings, but Toronto tied it in the fourth with a two-run homer from Dalton Varsho.
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Then the Blue Jays seemingly put the game away with a nine-run sixth inning, which included the first hit grand slam in World Series history by Toronto’s Addison Barger.
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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) reacts to the Toronto Blue Jays’ strikeout during the first inning in Game 1 of the 2025 MLB World Series at Rogers Center. (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Images)
Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani then hit the first World Series home run of his career in the seventh, but it was too little, too late for the Dodgers.
Ohtani was booed before the game by Blue Jays fans. In the ninth inning, the Toronto crowd broke into a unanimous chant, shouting, “We don’t need him!”
Toronto Blue Jays right fielder Addison Barger (47) hits a grand slam against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the sixth inning of Game 1 of the 2025 MLB World Series at Rogers Center. (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Images)
The Dodgers will look to even the series Saturday night and send Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the mound against Toronto’s Kevin Gausman.
