2021 – Jorge Soler homers on the first pitch of Game 1 and the Braves cruise to a 6-2 win over the Astros. Adam Duvall adds a two run shot in the third as Atlanta takes a 5-0 lead.

The Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays will conduct workouts at Dodger Stadium Sunday, closed to the public, one day after the Dodgers tied the best-of-seven series at one game a piece with a 5-1 victory in Toronto.

Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young winner and two-time World Series champon, was brilliant for the Dodgers after being traded to the Blue Jays from the Washington Nationals in 2021. He went 7-0 with a 1.98 ERA in 11 regular-season starts and yielded a 2.16 ERA with 23 strikeouts in 16 ⅔ innings in four appearances during the postseason.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is increasingly confident big league players will participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.