Los Angeles Dodgers at Toronto Blue Jays

· World Series - Game 1

Los Angeles Dodgers

93-69, 41-40 Away

Final
4 - 11

Toronto Blue Jays

94-68, 54-27 Home

Barger, Varsho, Kirk lead homer barrage as Blue Jays rout Dodgers 11-4 in World Series opener

'We don't need you!' Blue Jays fans troll Ohtani

Daulton Varsho started Toronto's comeback from a 2-0 deficit with a two-run drive in the fourth off two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell.

The longball barrage was fitting as the Fall Classic returned to Toronto for the first time since 1993, when Joe Carter hit only the second walk-off homer to end a World Series. And in an unusual tie to that night 32 years ago, Varsho is named after Darren Daulton, the Philadelphia Phillies catcher Mitch Williams was throwing to when Carter connected.

Shohei Ohtani hit his first Series home run for the heavily favored Dodgers, seeking to become the first repeat champion since the New York Yankees took three titles in a row from 1998-2000. Los Angeles was trailing by nine runs when he connected off Braydon Fisher for a two-run shot in the seventh, his fourth homer in two games.

Fans angry that Ohtani spurned the Blue Jays to sign with the Dodgers in December 2023 chanted: “We don't need you!” when he came to the plate in the ninth.

Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is at Rogers Centre on Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Betts struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ohtani walked.
	9th Inning	Pages lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Edman fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Lauer relieved Bassitt
	8th Inning	Kiner-Falefa flied out to left.

Statistics

LAD		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	13
13	Strikeouts	4
4	Runs Batted In	11
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	14
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	11
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	35
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	1
15	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
9	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
171	Pitches	156
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	23
38	Plate Appearances	40
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
3.3	Runs Created	9.3
.188	Batting Average	.400
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.657
.281	Secondary Average	.371
.316	On Base Percentage	.475
.597	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.132
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
3.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.9
25.0	Batter Rating	67.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.7
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.50	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.90
.094	Isolated Power	.257
0.46	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.158	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
8.0	Runs Produced	22.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
73.8	MLB Rating	113.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0