WATCH LIVE | Jays, Dodgers speak to reporters after World Series Game 1Members of the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers talk to the media after Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night. The LatestBlue Jays win Game 1 of the World Series 11-4 against the Dodgers.Barger’s blast was the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history. “I couldn’t feel my legs,” Barger said, recalling the moment.Snell came out of the ball game in the sixth inning and the Dodgers went to their bullpen.Isiah Kiner-Falefa was brought into the game as a pinch runner for Bo Bichette.Pitcher Mason Fluharty replaced starter Yesavage, followed by Seranthony Domínguez, Braydon Fisher, Chris Bassitt and Eric Lauer.UpdatesOctober 2511 minutes ago‘Pleasantly shocked’ by run totalMark Gollom Trevor Dugan and his friend Lars Lewis at the World Series Game 1 watch party outside Toronto city hall on Friday night. (Mark Gollom/CBC)So, what to make of that score? For Trevor Dugan, a fan watching at Nathan Phillips Square, he’s pleasantly shocked.“We read America media all week leading up to this and they didn’t give our guys a chance. To prove the media wrong like that is an amazing feeling.”But even he didn’t think they would have such a comfortable lead.However, his friend Lars Lewis isn’t so surprised by the mammoth run total. He said it makes sense as the Jays have the highest batting average in the league. “[The Dodgers] just haven’t faced a team with this quality of hitting.”13 minutes ago’It ended up working out’: Barger on grand slamGeoff NixonToronto Blue Jays’ Addison Barger celebrates his grand slam home run. (Brynn Anderson/The Associated Press)In an on-field interview after the game, the Blue Jays’ Barger was asked by Sportsnet’s Hazel Mae about what was going through his head when he hit his grand slam in Game 1.”I was trying to put the ball in play … but it ended up working out better than that,” Barger said modestly.Barger said he was unable to describe the feeling of rounding the bases after that four-run blast.”I couldn’t feel my legs,” said Barger, adding that he “just kind of blacked out” in the moment.23 minutes agoBlue Jays win Game 1Myles DichterIt was a game plan executed to perfection.Yesavage, despite some struggles, kept the Blue Jays in it while the offence made Snell work hard, even though it failed to capitalize early.Then, a combination of power, patience and depth — the Blue Jays’ winning formula all season — took over in a decisive nine-run sixth inning, punctuated by Addison Barger’s pinch-hit grand slam.From there, the Blue Jays were able to cruise to the finish without using their top two relievers, Jeff Hoffman and Louis Varland.Game 2 goes Saturday with first pitch at 8 p.m. ET. Blue Jays ace Kevin Gausman will take the mound against Dodgers righty Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who is coming off a dominant complete game in the NLCS.24 minutes agoJays win 11-4, as Lauer works a scoreless 9thGeoff NixonThe Jays brought in Eric Lauer to work the ninth. He was Toronto’s sixth pitcher to see action in Game 1. Edman was the first batter for the Dodgers. He popped out on the first pitch he saw from Lauer.Pages was up next. He lined out to Barger in right field.Ohtani was back for one last at bat and got on first base after a walk from Lauer.Lauer tried a pickoff at first, but Ohtani was called safe. (The Jays challenged the call, but it was not overturned.)Lauer then struck out Betts to secure the Jays’ 11-4 win in Game 1.36 minutes agoNo new Jays runs in 8th inningGeoff NixonWill Klein was the fifth Dodgers pitcher to take the mound when he came into the game in the bottom of the eighth.He faced Springer, who was out on a fly ball to start the inning.Next up was Barger, who hit a single to left field. Then Guerrero hit a long fly ball to centre to give Klein a second out.Kiner-Falefa was the third out, also on a fly ball to the outfield.42 minutes agoBassitt enters game in relief in 8thGeoff NixonToronto pitcher Chris Bassitt came into the game to start the eighth inning.Bassitt often pitches as a starter for Toronto, but he made two relief appearances in the recent American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners.To start the eighth, he got a ground out from Smith, the Dodgers catcher, then walked Teoscar Hernández to put a runner aboard with one out. But he then struck out Muncy and Enrique Hernández to shut the door on the Dodgers. 48 minutes agoNathan Phillips Square grand slam cheer Mark GollomFan Christopher Bogin described the atmosphere at the watch party at Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto as electric after the grand slam home run by Addison Barger followed by another home run by Alejandro Kirk, in the sixth inning of Game 1. (Mark Gollom/CBC)Not surprisingly, the grand slam home run by Addison Barger sparked a grand slam eruption of fans at Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square.And just when it quieted down for about eight seconds, another home run, this time by Alejandro Kirk, and another giant cheer, although maybe just slightly less intense than the previous.But it’s been like that all night. With every base hit, or run scored, the hundreds of fans here have shown their enthusiastic support for the team.“Electric!” is how fan Christopher Bogin described the atmosphere.And one of the major benefits of a watch party like this?“It’s free!” he said.53 minutes agoBlue Jays hope Bassitt can finish it offMyles DichterToronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the eighth inning in Game 1. (Brynn Anderson/The Associated Press)A starter all season, veteran Chris Bassitt moved to the bullpen for the playoffs.He’ll enter Game 1 in the eighth inning, and given he is stretched out to throw multiple innings, manager John Schneider is likely hoping he can record the final six outs of Game 1 with relative ease.Bassitt pitched a strong eighth inning in Game 7 of the ALCS on Monday as the Blue Jays nursed a one-run lead.This situation isn’t quite as tenuous, but it’s still important for Bassitt to get the job done as Toronto begins to look ahead to Game 2.53 minutes agoWrobleski shuts down Jays in 7thGeoff NixonThe Dodgers brought in Justin Wrobleski — their fourth pitcher of the game — to take on Toronto in the seventh.Wrobleski got a fly-ball out from the leadoff batter, Clement, to record his first out.Lukes then grounded out, and so did Giménez.Toronto held an 11-4 lead heading into the top of the eighth inning.1 hour agoBlue Jays’ offence by the numbersMyles DichterA few stats:The Blue Jays’ nine-run inning was the first time any team has scored that many runs in a single World Series inning since 1968.Barger’s blast was the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history.Toronto now has 82 runs in 12 games during the playoffs. The Dodgers have 50 in 11 games.
Blue Jays dominate Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1, make World Series history with pinch hit grand slam
