Dodgers to start with Snell in G1, Yamamoto in G2

LOS ANGELES -- Blake Snell volition commencement Game 1 of the World Series connected Friday and Yoshinobu Yamamoto volition travel successful Game 2 for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Toronto Blue Jays, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday.

It's a repetition of the pitching bid the Dodgers utilized for the archetypal 2 games of their four-game expanse of the Milwaukee Brewers successful the NL Championship Series.

Snell had 10 strikeouts implicit 8 scoreless innings successful Game 1 connected Oct. 13. He became the archetypal Dodgers pitcher to implicit 8 innings portion allowing 1 deed oregon less successful a postseason game. Yamamoto pitched a three-hitter successful Game 2 with the archetypal Dodgers postseason implicit crippled since 2004.

Roberts said the squad hasn't decided connected starters for Games 3 and 4, which volition beryllium backmost astatine Dodger Stadium, but indicated Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani could travel successful that order.

"I deliberation we're going to tally the aforesaid rotation back, I deliberation for definite for the archetypal two," helium said.

Ohtani had 10 strikeouts and deed 3 location runs successful Game 4 to clinch a 2nd consecutive travel to the World Series. Ohtani was selected MVP of the series.

Dodgers starters combined for 35 strikeouts successful the NLCS. Snell, Yamamoto, Glasnow and Ohtani posted a 0.63 ERA against the Brewers, with 2 earned runs successful 28 2/3 innings.

Roberts said the bullpen lineup is inactive being discussed, with the Blue Jays' lineup featuring immoderate right-handed powerfulness hitters that the Dodgers didn't person to contend with previously.

"There's 1 spot that we could perchance benignant of debate, and volition proceed to debate," Roberts said. "Outside of that 1 spot, it's astir apt going to look precisely the same."

Reliever Tanner Scott is eligible for the World Series roster aft being removed from the NL Division Series roster. He had an exigency surgical process and said helium is feeling bully now.

"It's conscionable benignant of trying to get a grasp connected the doctors giving him the afloat benignant of greenish light, the go-ahead," Roberts said. "I cognize that he's anxious, which is simply a bully thing, but fortunately, we get to spot for a mates much days however helium responds to throwing and bullpens and things similar that."