Blue Jays Win Game 1 After Historic Rally

The Toronto Blue Jays opened the World Series with an 11-4 win over the defending-champion Los Angeles Dodgers at a sold-out Rogers Centre, finishing with 14 hits. Toronto erupted for a nine-run sixth inning — the largest single World Series inning since 1968 — capped by Addison Barger's pinch-hit grand slam, the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, and including Alejandro Kirk’s homer as the first by a Mexican-born player in the Fall Classic. Dodgers lefty Blake Snell was chased in the sixth after Toronto worked deep counts, and the Blue Jays’ bullpen and bench contributions sealed the rout. The win electrified Toronto — its first World Series appearance since 1993 — and featured standout performances from Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the 2025 ALCS MVP, with celebrities like Drake in attendance and fans loudly chanting at Shohei Ohtani. Kevin Gausman is slated to start Game 2 against Yoshinobu Yamamoto as the series shifts to Dodger Stadium.