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By Gabe Smallson
Contributing Sports Writer
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The Toronto Blue Jays made some incredible World Series history against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Game 1 was blown open by the American League powerhouse as Addison Barger slugged the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history to make the score 9-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning.
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The history didn't stop there for Toronto, as the grand slam was followed by an Alejandro Kirk two-run shot to make the score 11-2. The nine runs scored in the dominant inning by the Blue Jays became the most runs scored by a team in any World Series inning in 57 years.
The score was just 2-2 at the start of the inning, and Dodgers' two-time Cy Young award winner Blake Snell was on the mound.
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Snell already looked far from the usual sharpness he had displayed this October, but opened up the sixth inning with a leadoff walk, a single, and then hit a batter to load up the bases and end his night. Emmet Sheehan replaced him and allowed a single, walked the next batter, and allowed another single to make the score 5-2.
Anthony Banda replaced him and allowed the grand slam to Barger, allowing the Blue Jays lead to balloon to 9-2.
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A Vladimir Guerrero Jr. single got another runner on, and the Kirk home run further pushed the advantage to 11-2 in favor of Toronto.
LA did their best to try and keep the game competitive in the seventh inning as Tommy Edman earned a leadoff walk. Superstar Shohei Ohtani launched a two-run shot to cut the lead down to 11-4, but the momentum still appeared to be on the Blue Jays' side in a raucous Rogers Centre.
The Dodgers are looking to become baseball's first back-to-back champions in a quarter-century, as the Blue Jays hope to win their first World Series title since 1993. The first punch came from Toronto.
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