"The World Series is officially set as the Los Angeles Dodgers will take on the Toronto Blue Jays following their electric Game 7 win in the ALCS. As Friday's Game 1 in Toronto looms, it is worth looking back to see how the Dodgers fared against the Blue Jays during this past regular season."
"The first game was headlined by a pair of three-time Cy Young award winners as Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer faced off against each other. Kershaw earned the win with four strikeouts and one earned run across six innings of work. Mookie Betts went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs in the 5-1 victory. The next game featured 10 strikeouts from Blake Snell across five scoreless innings, along with Max Muncy and Shohei Ohtani going yard. The Dodgers clobbered Toronto, 9-1."
"The third and final regular season meeting was more competitive than the other two - complete with a bases loaded Freddie Freeman walk to tie the game in the bottom of the eighth - but Blue Jays infielder Ernie Clement hit a solo shot off of the first pitch he saw from Alex Vesia, and the Dodgers would squander a one-out, bases loaded bottom of the ninth opportunity."
"This small handful of games has shown a few things the Dodgers have known to be true all year in their electric starting pitching and power bats, but also exposed an unfortunate truth for the defending champions, and that is the uneasiness with the bullpen. Much has changed since early August, including the emergence of rookie right-hander Roki Sasaki to lend his services to the bullpen, as he has allowed just one earned run in eight innings of work."
Los Angeles Dodgers will face the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series following Toronto's ALCS Game 7 win. The Dodgers hosted the Blue Jays in August in a three-game regular-season series, winning two of three and outscoring Toronto 18-7. Clayton Kershaw allowed one earned run and recorded four strikeouts across six innings in Game 1 while Mookie Betts hit a home run and drove in three. Blake Snell struck out 10 across five scoreless innings in Game 2 as the Dodgers won 9-1 with homers from Max Muncy and Shohei Ohtani. The third game featured a Freddie Freeman bases-loaded walk to tie the game and an Ernie Clement solo on the first pitch from Alex Vesia, and the Dodgers missed a bases-loaded ninth-inning opportunity. The series highlighted strong starting pitching and power hitting but exposed bullpen uneasiness, with rookie right-hander Roki Sasaki providing recent relief by allowing one earned run in eight innings.
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