Years from now, Game 1 of the 2025 World Series is going to be remembered for the sixth inning that shook Rogers Centre. Most of Ontario, really. The Blue Jays loaded the bases with nobody out and chased Dodgers starter Blake Snell.

The Toronto Blue Jays got that memo. On Friday at Rogers Centre, it didn’t take long for L.A.’s worst-case scenario to come to fruition, as the Jays did significant damage against the Dodgers’ relievers en route to an 11-4 rout.

A historic Friday night pitching collapse by the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Toronto Blue Jays left the defending MLB champions facing a 0-1 World Series deficit.

The last time we saw Snell in the World Series was as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020. In Game 6 of that series, against the Dodgers, he was controversially taken out of a game he was leading 1-0. After Snell’s exit, the Dodgers would rally and win the game to clinch the series.

Blake Snell getting the call to start the first game of the World Series for the Dodgers is lifelong dream fulfilled.

In his last two outings, Snell has thrown a combined 14 innings and allowed just two hits and no runs while striking out 19. His first playoff outing was a win, too, going seven frames and giving up just two runs while striking out nine.

Once best known for a quick World Series hook, the two-time Cy Young winner is pitching deeper than anyone this October.

On Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays named their starting pitchers for Friday's Game 1 of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Centre. The visiting Dodgers will start lefty ace Blake Snell, and he'll oppose Blue Jays right-hander Trey Yesavage. First pitch is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-time Cy Young Award winner detailed a brutal illness that forced a hospital stay.