The Dodgers' triumph over the Blue Jays in 11 innings was so much bigger than any one moment, one play or one individual.

The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-4 ( box score) on Friday night in Game 1 of the World Series. The Dodgers struck first and the two sides eventually entered the bottom of the sixth tied, but the Blue Jays scored nine runs behind a history-making Addison Barger grand slam and turn a tight contest into a boat race.

Game 2 of the World Series will be on Fox and FS1. Play-by-play announcer Joe Davis and Hall of Famer John Smoltz are on the call for Fox along with reporters Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci, offering musings from Los Angeles and Toronto's dugouts.

The early rounds of the postseason were enlivened by extraordinary feats from the game’s two biggest stars, but that was just baseball clearing its throat for the World Series, which earned its title—in English,