TORONTO — After an unexpected but brief one-day slump, the $400 million Dodgers rediscovered their usual winning formula: Brilliant starting pitching, the long ball, stellar defense and limited to no bullpen usage.

The best team money could buy showed why they are favored to repeat as World Series champions in a tidy 5-1 victory a day after they were so thoroughly outplayed folks questioned their readiness or rust. Anyway, the Dodgers were back to their usual selves in Game 2.

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Dodgers star starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto — whose $325M deal is the largest in pitching history (at least until Tarik Skubal signs) — pitched exactly like we’d expect one day after co-ace Blake Snell struggled in a major upset. Yamamoto won a pitchers’ duel w

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