• Barger belts first pinch-hit grand slam in Series history

• Kirk adds two-run shot as Toronto seizes Game 1

• Ohtani homers but Dodgers fall behind early in Toronto

• World Series Game 1 – as it happened

Addison Barger launched the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history and Alejandro Kirk added a two-run shot as the Toronto Blue Jays erupted for nine runs in the sixth inning to rout the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1 on Friday night.

Playing in their first Fall Classic since 1993, the Blue Jays trailed 2-0 before Daulton Varsho tied it with a two-run homer off two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell in the fourth. Barger’s 413-foot blast to center capped a stunning rally that turned the opener into a celebration inside Rogers Centre.

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