Blue Jays' aggressive offensive approach paying off in World Series

How do you beat a starting rotation that is having one of the best postseasons in baseball history?

Swing early.

At least that’s what the Blue Jays have clearly made an effort to do in the World Series against the Dodgers’ vaunted quartet of Blake Snell , Yoshinobu Yamamoto , Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani -- a group that entered the Fall Classic with a 1.40 ERA this postseason.

That approach has paid big dividends for the Jays, who have a 3-2 World Series lead over the defending champions as Toronto prepares for Game 6 at Rogers Centre on Friday night with the opportunity to clinch its first World Series title in 32 years.

The latest example of early-count aggression came courtesy of Davis Schneider in Game 5. Schneider, who was batting leadoff for Toronto in place of an i