Overview
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw a four-hit complete game in a 5-1 win, retiring the final 20 batters and striking out eight.
- The outing was his second straight postseason complete game, the first by a Dodgers pitcher since Orel Hershiser in 1988 and the first in MLB since 2001; it was also the first World Series complete game since 2015.
- Will Smith opened the scoring with an RBI single, then launched a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh before Max Muncy added another solo shot off Kevin Gausman, who had retired 17 in a row.
- The best-of-seven is tied 1-1 and shifts to Dodger Stadium on Monday at 8 p.m. ET, with Glasnow scheduled for Los Angeles and Scherzer for Toronto.
- Toronto’s Game 1 win featured a nine-run sixth inning and Addison Barger’s first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, with Alejandro Kirk starring at the plate.