It might be an understatement to say Game 1 of the World Series went exactly as the Toronto Blue Jays planned.
Rookie Trey Yesavage does enough to keep you in the game? Check. Knock out Los Angeles Dodgers starter Blake Snell relatively early? Check. Offence takes advantage of a weak Dodgers bullpen? Emphatic check.
In the end, all those check marks amounted to an 11-4 win for the Blue Jays over the defending-champion Dodgers, marking Toro nto’s first World Series victory since Joe Carter touched 'em all in 1993.
“Just madness,” said Addison Barger, the Game 1 hero after hitting the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history.
WATCH | Jays enter history books in Game 1 World Series blowout against Dodgers: Jays blow out Dodgers in World Series Game 1, driving fans hopes higher | Duration 7:22 Blue Jays fans were already hyped for the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but Toronto really has its eyes on the prize now after the Jays pounded the Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1.
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