World Series Game 1: Addison Barger's grand slam lifts Blue Jays over Dodgers
Yahoo Sports senior MLB analyst Jordan Shusterman recaps the Toronto Blue Jays win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the 2025 World Series. Check out more World Series analysis on the “Baseball Bar-B-Cast” podcast - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Jordan Schusterman here on-field at Rogers Center after game one of the World Series, which goes to the home team.
The Toronto Blue Jays take this 11-4.
The Dodgers take an early 2-0 lead through three innings, but then Dalton Varsho with an enormous swing against Blake Snell to give the Blue Jays some life.
That's a tie game.
It stays close until the 6th inning, when it totally comes apart for the Dodgers.
Pitching staff, first Blake Snell, then Emmett Sheehan.
Finally, Anthony Banda comes in to try and get the lefty Addison Barger with the bases loaded and instead Barger hits the first pinch-hit Grand Slam in World Series history.
It ends up being a nine-run inning for Toronto, an unbelievable performance for this Blue Jays offense against the pitcher, Snell, who has been incredible for the last month.
The Blue Jays cruised from there.
It's his first career World Series home run later on, but it was essentially meaningless as the Blue Jays had cruised very far ahead.
They didn't have to use any of their high leverage relievers and ultimately they finished the final score 11 to 4.
It'll be Kevin Gossman against Yoshinobu Yamamoto in game 2 on Saturday, an incredible start to the series for Toronto in their first World Series appearance since 1993.
