The Toronto Blue Jays demolished the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday.
The Blue Jays erupted for nine runs in the sixth inning, highlighted by Addison Barger's stunning pinch-hit grand slam - the first ever in World Series history.
Bo Bichette is back in the Toronto Blue Jays' lineup batting cleanup for Game 1 of the World Series, but the star infielder will be in unfamiliar territory when he takes the field Friday.
For the first time ever as a major leaguer, Bichette will play second base, keeping Andrés Giménez at shortstop on defense.
Game 1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers will mark Bichette's first action since Sept. 6, when he suffered a sprained knee at Yankee Stadium. The injury forced him to miss most of the stretch run as well as the first two rounds of the playoffs.
The Los Angeles Angels hired former big-league catcher Kurt Suzuki as their next manager, the team announced Tuesday.
Suzuki has received a one-year contract.
Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adin Hill is week-to-week with a lower-body injury, head coach Bruce Cassidy confirmed Wednesday, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Danny Webster.
Hill sustained the injury when attempting to make a save in the first period of Monday's 4-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes. He left the game and didn't return.
Jack Quinn had a goal and two assists, Colten Ellis stopped 27 shots in his NHL debut and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Wednesday night.
Claimed off waivers from St. Lous earlier this month, Ellis stopped two breakaways and withstood a flurry of shots after Detroit pulled goalie John Gibson with about three minutes left.
Buffalo's Tyson Kozak scored for the second straight game and Jason Zucker had a goal before leaving in the second period with an upper-body injury. Josh Doan also scored for the Sabres.
The Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday.
The Blue Jays now advance to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.
Dylan Larkin and rookie Emmitt Finnie each scored twice to help the surging Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Sunday.
Detroit has won five straight since opening with a 5-1 loss to Montreal.
Edmonton has a losing record after dropping a third straight game as superstar Connor McDavid extended his career-long, season-opening, goal drought to six games.
For all the stars the San Francisco 49ers might have been missing, they still had Christian McCaffrey.
That proved to be the difference against the Atlanta Falcons.
McCaffrey ran for 129 yards and two touchdowns and had his 200-yard game from scrimmage in six years as the short-handed 49ers finally delivered a strong ground game to beat Atlanta 20-10 on Sunday night.
ddison Barger and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led the way offensively for Toronto. Barger went 2-for-3 with a homer, a walk, and three RBIs, while Guerrero continued his torrid postseason by homering and scoring two runs. Guerrero's homer was the sixth of his postseason career, tying him with Joe Carter and José Bautista for the most in Blue Jays history.
Rookie Trey Yesavage struck out seven on six hits while allowing two runs over 5 2/3 innings. Louis Varland and Jeff Hoffmanblanked the Mariners out of the bullpen to seal the victory.
Montreal Canadiens defenseman Kaiden Guhle will miss four-to-six weeks with the lower-body injury he suffered in Thursday's win over the Nashville Predators, the team announced.
Guhle appeared to hurt himself on a noncontact play.
Additionally, forwards Patrik Laineand Kirby Dach are day-to-day with lower-body injuries and won't suit up Saturday against the New York Rangers.