World Series Game 1 was a close contest—until the bottom of the sixth inning changed everything. The Toronto Blue Jays broke the game open against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a remarkable nine-run frame.
The game was tied 2-2 when the inning began, but Dodgers starter Blake Snell quickly ran into trouble, allowing the first three batters to reach base. Reliever Emmett Sheehan did little to stop the bleeding. Ernie Clement singled in the go-ahead run, Nathan Lukes drew a bases-loaded walk, and Andres Gimenez collected a run-scoring single to make it 5-2—all before recording an out.
Sheehan managed to get George Springer to ground into a force out, but with the bases still loaded, the Blue Jays sent up pinch-hitter Addison Barger to bat for left fielder Davis Schneider. The Dodgers countered by bringing in left reliever Anthony Banda, but it didn’t matter.
Barger crushed a 2-1 pitch 413 feet to right field for a grand slam, blowing the game wide open. According to MLB’s Sarah Langs, this was the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history.
Three batters later, catcher Alejandro Kirk followed with a two-run homer, capping the nine-run inning. These nine runs were the most scored in a World Series inning since the Detroit Tigers put up 10 runs in a single frame during Game 6 of the 1968 World Series, according to ESPN.
This explosive inning put the Blue Jays firmly in control and left the Dodgers scrambling to respond.
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