Blue Jays plate 11 vs. Dodgers, roll in World Series Game 1 - ESPN

TORONTO — Addison Barger launched the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, Alejandro Kirk added a two-run homer in a nine-run sixth inning and the Toronto Blue Jays overwhelmed the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1 on Friday night.

Twelve batters went to the plate in the sixth. Ernie Clement singled off reliever Emmet Sheehan for a 3-2 lead, pinch-hitter Nathan Lukes drew a bases-loaded walk and Andres Gimenez added an RBI single.

Barger then greeted Anthony Banda with a 413-foot drive to right-center on a hanging slider to put Toronto ahead 9-2. Kirk then added his fourth home run of the postseason.

«To be honest, it was so hard to remember, just to gather my thoughts and everything,» Barger told Fox when asked about the grand slam after the game. «It was just a blackout moment. It's just crazy.»

The nine runs were the the third-most scored in a single inning in World Series history.

Daulton Varsho started Toronto's comeback from a 2-0 deficit with a two-run drive in the fourth off two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell.

The longball barrage was fitting as the Fall Classic returned to Toronto for the first time since 1993, when Joe Carter hit only the second walk-off homer to end a World Series. And in an unusual tie to that night 32 years ago, Varsho is named after Darren Daulton, the Philadelphia Phillies catcher Mitch Williams was throwing to when Carter connected.

Shohei Ohtani hit his first Series home run for the heavily favored Dodgers, seeking to become the first repeat champion since the New York Yankees took three titles in a row from 1998 to 2000. Los Angeles was trailing by nine when he connected off Braydon Fisher for a two-run shot in the seventh, his fourth homer in