{"id":569397,"date":"2026-04-07T07:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/569397\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T07:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:55:08","slug":"dodgers-14-2-blue-jays-apr-6-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/569397\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers 14-2 Blue Jays (Apr 6, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

TORONTO — \u2014 Dalton Rushing<\/a> hit two solo home runs for his first career multihomer game and the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> went deep five times to rout the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> 14-2 on Monday night in a rematch of the 2025 World Series.<\/p>\n

Teoscar Hern\u00e1ndez and Freddie Freeman<\/a> each hit a two-run homer, and Shohei Ohtani<\/a> added a solo shot. <\/p>\n

Los Angeles beat the Blue Jays in last year’s Fall Classic for its second consecutive championship, winning Game 7 at Toronto in 11 innings.<\/p>\n

After scoring 31 runs in a three-game sweep at Washington, the Dodgers piled up 17 hits against the slumping Blue Jays. Rushing went 4 for 4 and also scored after he was hit by a pitch. <\/p>\n

Rushing connected on Tommy Nance\u2019s first pitch of the seventh, then went deep again off Spencer Miles<\/a> in the eighth.<\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez went 2 for 5 with a walk and drove in four runs, while Freeman was 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBI. Kyle Tucker<\/a> had a hit, walked and scored three times, and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Andy Pages<\/a> had two hits, including a two-run double.<\/p>\n

Blue Jays catcher Tyler Heineman<\/a> came on to pitch the ninth and retired the side in order, Toronto\u2019s only 1-2-3 inning of the game.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays lost their fifth straight and saw right-hander and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer<\/a> (1-1) leave after two innings. The 41-year-old allowed two runs and two hits, walked one and struck out a pair. <\/p>\n

Hern\u00e1ndez homered off Scherzer in the first. Freeman drilled a 438-foot shot off Josh Fleming<\/a> in the third. <\/p>\n

Ohtani homered off Joe Mantiply<\/a> in the sixth, his third in four games.<\/p>\n

Making his first start of the season, Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski<\/a> (1-0) allowed one run and two hits in five innings. <\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto<\/a> (1-1, 3.00 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday against Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman<\/a> (0-0, 0.75).<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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