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Blue Jays 94-68 (AL#1) vs Dodgers 93-69 (NL#3)

Teams met in one series this season. At LAD. Dodgers took 2 of 3.

Toronto and Dodgers have met 15 times all-time in Toronto. Dodgers 10 -5. Last met in Toronto in April 2024. 

Local connection. Doesn't get bigger than Freddie Freeman. Canadian for WBC, parents from Ontario. Freeman career .304 hitter in Toronto in 17 starts. Teoscar Hernandez, traded to Seattle (they gone) in Nov 2022. 

Dodgers 9-1 in playoffs (5 straight wins). 4-0 on the road (2 wins in PHI and MIL). But I mean they played the Reds for two of those 9 wins.

Toronto 7-4 in playoffs, 4-2 at home, won 4 of past 5 games. Blue Jays are hitting .296 in playoffs with 20 home runs (boom goes the dynamite). 

World Series history

TOR 2-0 (PHI 1993 (6), (ATL 1992 (6)

LAD* 7-6 (last won vs NYY in 2024)

*L.A. Only  

Snell and Yamamoto will start games 1-2 respectively. Snell has seen plenty of Toronto in Tampa. Yamamoto has never faced Toronto. Blue Jays are TBA still. Imagine Gausman and Yesavage though.

Snell this season 8-4, 1.97ERA (including playoffs). Snell has only pitched in Toronto three times in the last 6 years. So Snell and Yamamoto in Toronto, pretty new for both.

Toronto Maple Leafs have announced  that Friday in Buffalo, game will start at 7PM (was 730). Saturday at home against Buffalo Bisons I mean Sabres again, game is now 5PM, instead of 7PM. Tuesday against Flames, puck drop is 6PM, instead of an odd 615PM.