Shock Snell Collapse Otani's belated two-run home run, and the first round led by the baser grand slam secured 80% of Toronto's LAD 411 TOR

Oct 25, 2025

Shock Snell Collapse Otani's belated two-run home run, and the first round led by the baser grand slam secured 80% of Toronto's LAD 411 TOR
Toronto Blue Jays Addison Bazer hits a grand slam in right-center at the bottom of the sixth inning and performs a ceremony to face Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with his forearms. AP Yonhap News



Shock Snell Collapse Otani's belated two-run home run, and the first round led by the baser grand slam secured 80% of Toronto's LAD 411 TOR
LA Dodgers starter Blake Snell is despondent after being hit by a tiebreaking two-run homer by Dalton Basho in the bottom of the fourth inning. AFP Yonhap News
Toronto, Canada's largest city to host the World Series for the first time in 32 years, has already been in a festive mood. The Toronto Blue Jays took the first round.

Toronto won 11-4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers on the 25th (Korea time) with the explosive power of its batters, who hit 14 hits, including Addison Bazer's bases-loaded single, in Game 1 of the World Series at Rogers Center.

In the past 120 World Series, 76 (63%) of the first-round winning teams have won the title. Since 1995, when the division series began with the introduction of the wild card system, the probability has increased to 24 out of 30 (80%).




The Dodgers showed off their strongest mound with a 2.45 team ERA in 10 postseason games until the NLCS, but pitchers including starter Blake Snell collapsed together. Snell gave up eight hits and three walks in five-plus innings, allowing five runs to lose the game. With 3-1 postseason losses, the ERA soared from 0.86 to 2.42. Emmett Sian and Anthony Banda then allowed three runs side by side.

On the other hand, Toronto's starter Trey Ysavage pitched hard with four hits, three walks and two runs in four innings, and five bullpen pitchers also made effective consecutive throws.

Shock Snell Collapse Otani's belated two-run home run, and the first round led by the baser grand slam secured 80% of Toronto's LAD 411 TOR
Toronto starter Trey Ysavage is throwing the ball vigorously. UPI Yonhap News
When Toronto missed a full base chance in the bottom of the first inning, the Dodgers scored the first run in the top of the second inning. Kike Hernandez hit a critical hit in the first and second base chances, which were made by the first Will Smith's walk and Max Muncy's left-handed hit after one out. The Dodgers continued the opportunity to load the bases with Tommy Edman's infield hit, but Andy Paz struck out and Ohtani grounded out to first base and failed to score additional points. Ohtani pulled Lee Savage's low slider well, but it flowed straight to first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who was attached to the line.




The Dodgers also succeeded in attacking in the top of the third inning. Smith hit a right-handed hit to bring Betts home with no outs and runners on the first and second bases, which were made with consecutive walks by lead Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. In the meantime, after Freeman got caught in a rundown between 2-3 bases and died sideways, Teosca bobbled second base with one out??Muncy was thrown out with a reverse motion throw, and Muncy struck out swinging.

Shock Snell Collapse Otani's belated two-run home run, and the first round led by the baser grand slam secured 80% of Toronto's LAD 411 TOR
Dolton Basho is welcomed by Alejandro Kirk, who hit a tying two-run shot in the fourth inning and homered first. UPI Yonhap News
However, Toronto tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning with Dalton Basho's two-run shot. When lead Alejandro Kirk got on base with a hit hitting the right fence, Basho rolled up a 96.1 mile fastball that flew into the middle of Snell's first pitch and easily crossed the middle fence. Basho's third home run of the postseason with an angle of 25 degrees, a 109-mile batting speed and a distance of 423 feet.

Toronto blocked the Dodgers' offense in the fifth and sixth innings without allowing a run, and added nine more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning. The leading Bobbi??With a walk, Kirk's right-handed hit, and Vyasho's pitch, the Dodgers changed the pitcher from Snell to Emmett Sieon, while Ernie Clement hit a critical hit to turn the tide 3-2.




Toronto ran 5-2 with the bases loaded with no outs, pinch-hitter Nathan Lucas's pushing walk and Jimenez's right-handed hit, before hitting a grand slam in right-center from changed pitcher Anthony Banda with one out and pinch-hitter Addison Bazer widened the gap to 9-2. Bazer pulled Banda's fourth-pitch 84.5-mile slider into the body and put it 413 feet behind the right-center fence.

Guerrero Jr.'s hit and Kirk's two-run shot over the middle led to an 11-2 run to seal the victory.

Shock Snell Collapse Otani's belated two-run home run, and the first round led by the baser grand slam secured 80% of Toronto's LAD 411 TOR
Adison Bazer hits a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning. AFP Yonhap News
Shock Snell Collapse Otani's belated two-run home run, and the first round led by the baser grand slam secured 80% of Toronto's LAD 411 TOR
Shohei Otani is looking at the ball after hitting a superior two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning. AP Yonhap News
In the top of the seventh inning, Ohtani hit a two-run home run, but it was not enough to change the flow. On the ball count of 1B2S, Ohtani rolled up an 85-mile curve that fell toward right-hander Brayden Fisher's body on the fifth pitch and connected it with a two-run shot slightly over the right fence. Ohtani's 6th home run of the postseason with 41 degrees of launch angle, 103.7 miles of batting speed and 357 feet of bugger.

Ohtani, who took off as a leadoff, struck out swinging by Lee Savage's splitter in his first at-bat, grounded out to first base with two outs in the second inning, and struck out rookie in the fifth inning, respectively. After two outs in the top of the ninth inning, he walked and scored one hit, two RBIs and one run from four times at bat.

The second game between the two teams will be held at the same place at 9 a.m. on the 26th. Yamamoto Yoshinobu will start for the Dodgers and Kevin Gausman will start for Toronto.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.