Toronto Blue Jays, LA Dodgers World Series matchup even at one game apiece

The GIST: Heroic hitting performances, poetic pitching moments, a Jonas Brothers concert in the middle of the action — you truly never know what you’re going to see in the World Series.

• Here are the history-making highlights from this weekend’s Games 1 and 2 between the Toronto Blue Jays and LA Dodgers, plus a look ahead at tonight’s pivotal 8 p.m. ET Game 3 as the series moves to LA with teams even at one game apiece.

🐦 Jays’ Addison Barger hits first-ever World Series pinch-hit Grand Slam in 11–4 Game 1 win: No bed, no problem — Barger provided four of the Jays’ nine (!!!) sixth-inning runs on Friday, helping his squad cruise to an early series lead. Not in the starting lineup due to his weak batting average against lefty pitchers, the left-handed swinging Barger had no trouble against Dodgers southpaw Anthony Banda. Built for the moment, indeed.

💙 Dodgers hurler Yoshinobu Yamamoto tosses second straight postseason complete game: Pitching all nine innings is a rarity in modern baseball — nevermind doing it twice in a row…in the playoffs. Yamamoto struck out eight Blue Jays and surrendered just four hits in Saturday’s 5–1 win, posting MLB’s first back-to-back postseason complete games since 2001. Simply masterful.

⏩ Toronto’s Max Scherzer, LA’s Tyler Glasnow to start Game 3: Either of these sharp pitchers could author a storybook outing tonight. A 41-year-old former Dodger, Scherzer turned back the clock in his most recent playoff outing. Meanwhile, Glasnow’s been fantastic this fall, boasting an astounding 0.68 ERA.