Los Angeles Dodgers (93-69, first place in the Western League during the regular season) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (94-68, first place in the Eastern League during the regular season)
Toronto; Saturday, 8:00 pm ET
PITCHING PROBABILITIES: Dodgers: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8, 2.49 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 201 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Kevin Gausman (10-11, 3.59 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 189 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers are playing in Game 2 of the World Series, with the Blue Jays leading 1-0.
Toronto has a record of 54-27 in home games and 94-68 overall. Blue Jays hitters are hitting .265 overall, which is the team's best batting average in MLB play.
Los Angeles is 93-69 overall and 41-40 in road games. Dodgers hitters have a collective .441 slugging percentage to lead the NL.
Saturday's game will be the fifth meeting between these teams this season. The season series is 2-2.
Top Performers: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has 34 doubles, 23 home runs and 84 RBIs for the Blue Jays. George Springer is 11-for-43 with four doubles, three home runs and eight RBIs over the last 10 games.
Shohei Ohtani hit 25 doubles, 9 triples and 55 home runs while hitting .282 for the Dodgers. Tommy Edman is 11-for-38 with a double and two home runs over his last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 6-4, .287 batting average, 4.40 ERA, 14-run lead.
Dodgers: 8-2, .234 batting average, 3.07 ERA, outscoring opponents by six runs.
INJURIES: Blue Jays: Jose Berrios: 15 days IL (elbow), Robinson Pina: 60 days IL (elbow), Nick Sandlin: 60 days IL (elbow), Yimi Garcia: 60 days IL (ankle), Bowden Francis: 60 days IL (shoulder), Ryan Burr: 60 days IL (shoulder), Angel Bastardo: 60-day IL (elbow)
Dodgers: Nick Frasso: 60 days IL (undisclosed), Kirby Yates: 15 days IL (hamstring), Michael Kopech: 15 days IL (knee), Brock Stewart: 15 days IL (shoulder), Tony Gonsolin: 60 days IL (elbow), Evan Phillips: 60 days IL (forearm), Kyle Hurt: 60-day IL (elbow), Michael Grove: 60-day IL (shoulder), Brusdar Graterol: 60-day IL (shoulder), River Ryan: 60-day IL (elbow), Gavin Stone: 60-day IL (shoulder)
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The Associated Press generated this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
