The Los Angeles Dodgers entered the 2025 World Collection having allowed simply 5 mixed runs of their earlier 5 postseason video games. The Toronto Blue Jays scored practically double that determine in a single inning of the Fall Traditional opener.
The American League’s top-seeded Blue Jays turned a tie recreation right into a rout with a nine-run six inning as they took Sport 1 from the reigning champion Dodgers 11-4 in Toronto on Friday.
The 9 runs have been the third-most ever scored in a single inning of a World Collection recreation. And the large inning was highlighted by a historic swing as Addison Barger turned the primary participant to ever hit a pinch-hit grand slam within the Fall Traditional.
Barger’s grand slam blew the sport open as Toronto received a World Collection contest for the primary time for the reason that franchise’s 1993 championship marketing campaign.
In the meantime, the Dodgers — who’re seeking to turn out to be the primary repeat champion in over twenty years — now face a sequence deficit for the primary time this postseason. Los Angeles dropped only one postseason recreation en path to the World Collection.
The Dodgers had held a 2-0 lead in Sport 1 earlier than Daulton Varsho took Blake Snell deep for a two-run homer within the fourth. It was the primary lengthy ball by a left-handed hitter towards Snell since June 2024.
Two innings later, Snell allowed the primary three Blue Jays hitters to achieve base earlier than being pulled from the sport. Reliever Emmet Sheehan then gave up a stroll and a pair of RBI singles as Toronto grabbed a 5-2 lead.
Southpaw Anthony Banda was introduced in to face the left-handed hitting Barger with one out and the bases loaded. Barger, who had simply one profession house run towards left-handed pitching, deposited the fourth pitch he noticed into the seats in right-center, sending Rogers Centre right into a frenzy. Then, after a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. single, Alejandro Kirk hit a two-run shot off Banda to cap the nine-run inning.
With Toronto holding a 1-0 sequence edge, this is all the things to find out about Sport 2 of the Fall Traditional:
When is Dodgers vs. Blue Jays World Collection Sport 2?
The World Collection continues with Sport 2 on Saturday, Oct. 25.
What time is Dodgers vs. Blue Jays World Collection Sport 2?
First pitch from Rogers Centre in Toronto is slated for 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
What TV channel is Dodgers vs. Blue Jays World Collection Sport 2 on?
Dodgers-Blue Jays Sport 2 will air on Fox.
Easy methods to stream Dodgers vs. Blue Jays World Collection Sport 2 dwell on-line
It’s going to even be obtainable to stream on FoxSports.com and the Fox Sports activities app.
Who’s pitching for the Dodgers, Blue Jays in World Collection Sport 2?
The Dodgers will flip to Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Sport 2, whereas the Blue Jays will give the ball to Kevin Gausman.
Yamamoto, 27, went 12-8 with a 2.49 ERA and 0.990 WHIP throughout 30 begins in a stellar common season. The fitting-hander sports activities a 1.83 ERA and 0.864 WHIP throughout three begins this postseason, hanging out 18 and strolling 4 in 19.2 innings.
Gausman, a fellow right-hander, posted one more robust common season with a 3.59 ERA and 1.062 WHIP throughout 32 begins. The 34-year-old has appeared in 4 video games and made three begins this postseason, the place has a 2.00 ERA and 1.056 WHIP. He is struck out 12 and walked 9 in 18 innings.
Dodgers vs. Blue Jays 2025 World Collection schedule
Here is the complete Dodgers-Blue Jays schedule (* = if needed):
- Sport 1: Blue Jays 11, Dodgers 4
- Sport 2: Dodgers at Blue Jays — Saturday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
- Sport 3: Blue Jays at Dodgers — Monday, Oct. 27, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
- Sport 4: Blue Jays at Dodgers — Tuesday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
- Sport 5*: Blue Jays at Dodgers — Wednesday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
- Sport 6*: Dodgers at Blue Jays –Friday, Oct. 31, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
- Sport 7*: Dodgers at Blue Jays –Saturday, Nov. 1, 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
Baseball followers are paying 1000’s to remain on the Toronto Marriott Metropolis Centre, the one resort inside a Main League ballpark, the place friends can watch the World Collection proper from their rooms.
