4 Takeaways From the Blue Jays' World Series Game 1 Win Over the Dodgers

The Dodgers’ pitching staff looked like a buzz saw all postseason, until Toronto broke the machinery. 

The Blue Jays’ offense did what others could not this October, getting to a Dodgers starter and continuing on with a power display like few others in the history of the Fall Classic as a nine-run inning propelled them to an 11-4 win in Game 1 of the World Series. 

Here are my takeaways: 

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They don’t whiff or strike out, and for those reasons, the Blue Jays’ offense drew some comparisons to a Brewers lineup that was overmatched and overpowered by the Dodgers’ rotation in the National League Championship Series. 

But Friday night’s power display made one thing abundantly clear: These aren’t the Brewers. 

While the Blue Jays entered the series with fewer strikeouts this postseason than the Yankees, Tigers and Cubs — despite playing a full round more than each of those teams — they’ve also hit more home runs than any team in October. 

They added three more to their tally on Friday, starting with a game-tying two-run blast from Daulton Varsho. It was Toronto’s first home run in a World Series since Joe Carter’s iconic blast in 1993, and it was the first home run Dodgers starter Blake Snell had allowed to a left-hander all season. 

The Blue Jays bats did what others couldn’t against Snell, who entered the night with a 0.86 ERA and 28 strikeouts in 21 innings this postseason. On Friday, Snell allowed more baserunners in the first inning in Toronto than he did in eight innings against the Brewers his last time out. 

His fastball command wasn’t there the way it had been, so the Blue Jays hitters patiently waited to attack his changeup. After holding the Phillies to one hit in six scoreless