TORONTO -- Forgive the Dodgers if they've become accustomed to the finer things. Their quality of life, as president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman likes to say, has been much improved with the way their rotation has thrown the ball this postseason.

But as much as the reigning champions have leaned on their starting pitching, they can't expect a borderline historic performance every night. And if the Dodgers can't figure out their own bullpen, then they will have a difficult time in the final stage of their title defense.

An off night from Blake Snell was compounded by a nightmare sixth inning in which the Blue Jays scored nine runs with Emmet Sheehan and Anthony Banda on the mound to storm to an 11-4 win over the Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday at Roger

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