Blue Jays score 9 runs in 6th inning of World Series Game 1

TORONTO -- Addison Barger just rocked Toronto, launching the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history.

If the Blue Jays go on to win the World Series, the sixth inning in Game 1 on Friday night may only be known as “The Inning.” By the time Alejandro Kirk launched a two-run shot of his own, Rogers Centre was shaking and rattling, the Blue Jays on the verge of a Series-opening win that would tilt the scales in a Fall Classic too many billed as a mismatch.

The Blue Jays’ nine runs were the second-most scored in a single inning in the history of the World Series, trailing only the 1968 Tigers and the 1929 Philadelphia Athletics, both of whom scored 10.

Barger started the day on the bench with lefty Blake Snell on the mound, but by the time he pinch-hit for Davis Schneider, he e