"Before the first pitch of the 2025 World Series on Friday night, it had been 32 years and one day since the greatest day in Toronto Blue Jays history and the last time that the franchise hosted a World Series game. On 23 October 1993, outfielder Joe Carter hit the second ever walk-off home run to clinch a World Series championship on a pitch that was being thrown to Philadelphia Phillies catcher Darren Daulton."
"On 24 October 2025, the first Blue Jays home run hit in a World Series game since Carter's was by outfielder Daulton Varsho, whose father, Gary, named his son after his former Phillies teammate Darren Daulton. Two innings later, outfielder Addison Barger hit the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history, the keynote of a nine-run sixth inning, which was the highest-scoring World Series inning since 1968."
Toronto returned to host a World Series game for the first time since 23 October 1993. Joe Carter's 1993 walk-off home run was the last Blue Jays World Series home run until Daulton Varsho hit one on 24 October 2025. Varsho was named after Darren Daulton by his father, Gary. Two innings later, Addison Barger delivered the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history as part of a nine-run sixth inning, the highest-scoring World Series inning since 1968. Game 1 finished with Toronto beating the LA Dodgers 11-4. Broadcast information lists FOX in the U.S., Sportsnet and RDS/TVA in Canada, TNTSports in the UK, and ESPN Australia domestically.
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