Dodgers’ Blake Snell gave up his first lefty homer of the season to Blue Jays’ Daulton Varsho in Game 1 of the World Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ two-time Cy Young Award winner detailed a brutal illness that forced a hospital stay.

The last time we saw Snell in the World Series was as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020. In Game 6 of that series, against the Dodgers, he was controversially taken out of a game he was leading 1-0. After Snell’s exit, the Dodgers would rally and win the game to clinch the series.

For most of his debut season in L.A., Blake Snell was grappling with frustration in what he calls “the hardest year of my career.”

Rookie Trey Yesavage will start Friday night’s World Series opener for the Toronto Blue Jays against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers and Blake Snell, giving the 22-year-old more postseason