TORONTO (AP) \u2014 Toronto Blue Jays infielder Bo Bichette is not in the starting lineup for Game 2 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
A two-time All-Star shortstop and two-time AL hits leader, Bichette went 1 for 2 with a walk in his return to the lineup in Friday\u2019s 11-4 Game 1 win<\/a>. It was his first action since spraining his left knee<\/a> in a Sept. 6 collision with New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells.<\/p>\n Isiah Kiner-Falefa was expected to start at second base and bat eighth against Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 2. Kiner-Falefa replaced Bichette as a pinch-runner in Toronto\u2019s nine-run sixth inning on Friday.<\/p>\n Catcher Alejandro Kirk, who capped the nine-run frame with a two-run homer, took over for Bichette in the cleanup spot in Game 2.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to say it was part of the plan,\u201d Blue Jays manager John Schneider said of taking Bichette out of the lineup. \u201cJust kind of gauging how he\u2019s feeling. He\u2019ll be ready to play today, for sure. This is stuff we talked about, even leading up to the decision to put him on the roster. I thought he was good yesterday and just want to watch him physically, but he\u2019ll be ready to hit and play whenever.\u201d<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s series opener was Bichette\u2019s first game at second base in six years. He saved a run when he ranged to the shortstop side of second to glove Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s third-inning grounder and throw him out at first. Will Smith, who had been on second base, had to stop at third.<\/p>\n Bichette finished second in the major leagues to Yankees slugger Aaron Judge with a .311 batting average this season, hitting 18 homers with 94 RBIs in 139 games. The 27-year-old is eligible for free agency following the World Series.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n