The Los Angeles Dodgers have many strengths, including elite starting pitching, a deep lineup featuring three MVPs and plenty of postseason experience. Coming into Game 1 of the World Series on Friday against the Blue Jays,

A historic Friday night pitching collapse by the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Toronto Blue Jays left the defending MLB champions facing a 0-1 World Series deficit.

Dodgers’ Blake Snell gave up his first lefty homer of the season to Blue Jays’ Daulton Varsho in Game 1 of the World Series.

The words used to characterize the Dodgers’ starting rotation this postseason obscured what could be the most important adjective to describe the group: Indispensable.

The last time we saw Snell in the World Series was as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020. In Game 6 of that series, against the Dodgers, he was controversially taken out of a game he was leading 1-0. After Snell’s exit, the Dodgers would rally and win the game to clinch the series.

The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 ( box score) on Friday night in Game 1 of the World Series. The Dodgers struck first and the two sides eventually entered the bottom of the sixth tied, but the Blue Jays scored nine runs behind a history-making Addison Barger grand slam and turn a tight contest into a boat race.