Dodgers to start Snell in Game 1, Yamamoto in Game 2 of World Series vs. Blue Jays

Blake Snell will start Game 1 of the World Series on Friday and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will follow in Game 2 for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Toronto Blue Jays, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday.

LOS ANGELES — Blake Snell will start Game 1 of the World Series on Friday and Yoshinobu Yamamoto will follow in Game 2 for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Toronto Blue Jays, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday.

It's a repeat of the pitching order the Dodgers used for the first two games of their four-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Championship Series.

Snell had 10 strikeouts over eight scoreless innings in Game 1 on Oct. 13. He became the first Dodgers pitcher to complete eight innings while allowing one hit or fewer in a postseason game.

Yamamoto pitched a three-hitter in Game 2 with the first Dodgers postseason complete game since 2004.

Roberts said the team hasn't decided on starters for Games 3 and 4, which will be back at Dodger Stadium, but indicated Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani could follow in that order.