Bo Bichette\u00a0will begin Game 2 of the World Series on the bench.<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays did not include the infielder in their starting lineup for Game 2 against the Dodgers (8 p.m. ET \/ 5 p.m. PT, Sportsnet, Sportsnet+).<\/p>\n
Bichette made his post-season debut in Game 1 in his return from a knee sprain suffered Sept. 6, playing at second base for the first time in his career while registering a hit and a walk at the plate before being replaced in the game by Isiah Kiner-Falefa.<\/p>\n
Kiner-Falefa will take Bichette\u2019s spot at second base and bat eighth in tonight\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
George Springer remains at designated hitter while Addison Barger and Nathan Lukes will start in the outfield after both came on as pinch-hitters in Game 1.<\/p>\n
Also, pitcher Chris Bassitt is dealing with a small cut and blister, but is still good to go if needed in Game 2.<\/p>\n
Game 3 & 4 starters announced<\/p>\n
Blue Jays manager John Schneider also announced that Max Scherzer will get the nod for Game 3 when the series shifts to Los Angeles on Monday, with fellow righty Shane Bieber set to go for Game 4 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Scherzer, 41, last took the ball in Game 4 of the ALCS in Seattle against the Mariners, pitching 5.2 innings of two-run ball and striking out five to help the Blue Jays earn the win. It\u2019s been his only appearance so far this post-season.<\/p>\n
The three-time Cy Young winner already has four Fall Classic appearances to his name and has a 1-0 record in those outings with a 3.26 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 19.1 innings. He made his first World Series start in 2012 against the San Francisco Giants while a member of the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n
In his lone season with the Blue Jays, the two-time World Series champ has a 5-5 record with a 5.19 ERA and 1.294 WHIP in 17 starts.<\/p>\n
Bieber, another former Cy Young winner, has started Game 3 in both the ALDS and ALCS. Additionally, he took the mound to begin Game 7 of the latter series against the Seattle Mariners.<\/p>\n
Across 12.1 post-season innings, Bieber holds a 1-0 record and 4.38 ERA with 15 strikeouts and three walks.<\/p>\n
His best outing came in Game 3 against the Mariners, when he recovered after a two-run first inning to pitch six strong in a pivotal Blue Jays victory.<\/p>\n
The 30-year-old underwent Tommy John Surgery last season and was traded to the Blue Jays from the Cleveland Guardians at the trade deadline before appearing in a single game this season.<\/p>\n
He made his return on Aug. 22, his Blue Jays debut, and went on to post a 3.57 ERA in 40.1 innings.<\/p>\n
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has yet to announce who will go for his side in Games 3 and 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bo Bichette\u00a0will begin Game 2 of the World Series on the bench. The Blue Jays did not include…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-240076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}