The Toronto Blue Jays got a monster win in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night. Pinch hitter Addison Barger was the hero, hitting a grand slam in the game during an explosive sixth inning.

Addison Barger watches his grand slam off Anthony Banda, part of the Blue Jays' nine-run sixth inning in Game 1. It was the first pinch-hit slam in World Series history. Arlyn McAdorey / Toronto Star ...

Addison Barger hit a grand slam for the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday, and he did so without an ideal sleeping arrangement the night before. Barger’s grand slam broke open ...

It was a night filled with promise, tradition and record-breaking drama at Rogers Centre and the Blue Jays announced their return to baseball’s big stage in emphatic fashion, toppling the Dodgers 11–4 ...

No one is more superstitious than baseball players. Addison Barger certainly buys into that theory. How could you not after hitting a pinch-hit grand slam to help win Game 1 of the World Series for ...

Odd sleeping conditions did not stop Addison Barger from etching his name into Toronto Blue Jays' history Friday night. Barger was not in the starting lineup for Game 1 of the World Series, the first ...

TORONTO - Addison Barger made World Series history, sent Rogers Centre into bedlam and probably buried the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1. Barger greeted lefty reliever Anthony Banda with a 413-foot ...