Follow the latest news and live updates as the Los Angeles Dodgers take on the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of the 2025 World Series championship.

Addison Barger launched the first pinch-hit grand slam in Fall Classic history, Alejandro Kirk followed with a two-run homer in a nine-run sixth inning and Toronto overwhelmed the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Friday night’s opener.

The Dodgers dropped Game 1 of the World Series to the Blue Jays but Shohei Ohtani continued his postseason power surge.

Mattingly will be John Schneider’s bench coach when the Blue Jays open the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night, in his 10th season as a coach.

There's more than just a ring on the line when the Dodgers and Blue Jays kick off the seven-game series Friday

Mattingly, who is the bench coach for the Blue Jays, has finally made it to the World Series for the first time.

As the World Series moved across town, the Yankees had the Mets flat on the mat. They’d won a pair of thrillers, outlasting the Mets with a walk-off in Game 1 before holding on for dear life in a memorable Game 2.

Gehrig played for the Yankees from 1923 to 1939, collecting 493 home runs and winning six World Series and two AL MVPs. He was diagnosed with ALS, now commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in 1939 and played just eight games that season, but stayed with the team and delivered the Yankees' lineup cards to umpires.