Blue Jays batter Dodgers with nine-run sixth inning to take World Series opener

• Barger belts first pinch-hit grand slam in Series history

• Kirk adds two-run shot as Toronto seize Game 1

• Ohtani homers but Dodgers fall behind early in Toronto

• World Series Game 1 - as it happened

Addison Barger launched the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history and Alejandro Kirk added a two-run homer as the Toronto Blue Jays stormed back to crush the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Friday night's opener at Rogers Centre.

Playing in their first Fall Classic in 32 years, the Blue Jays erupted for nine runs in the sixth inning, turning a 2-0 deficit into a blowout that electrified a sold-out home crowd and gave Toronto a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Barger's 413-foot blast to center capped a historic inning that also included Kirk's homer and a parade of baserunners against a shell-shocked Dodgers bullpen.