By Mitch Bannon, Fabian Ardaya and Tyler Kepner
The Los Angeles Dodgers used their battery power to unplug the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night at Rogers Centre. Starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto tossed the first World Series complete game in a decade — and his second in a row this postseason — and catcher Will Smith hit the go-ahead homer and drove in three runs in a 5-1 Dodgers victory that tied the series at one apiece.
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Dodgers still aren’t hitting homers like last year
Here’s the thing about the Dodgers’ World Series run a year ago — it was fueled by their bullpen but was predicated on an offense that churned out runs and slugged their way through October. In 16 games, LA hit 29 home runs, flexing on opposing pitchers while not having to string hits together to manufacture runs (though they did that also).
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