The Toronto Blue Jays exploded for nine runs in the sixth inning of Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers to put the game away and take a 1-0 series lead.
Blue Jays’ Addison Barger had the big hit in the inning, a pinch-hit grand slam to put the Blue Jays up 9-2.
However, although Barger wasn’t in the starting lineup, MLB Network’s Dan Plesac predicted Barger’s big moment before the game even started.
Dan Plesac predicts Barger’s pinch-hit, game-changing moment
When the MLB Network crew was making their home run predictions for Game 1 pre-game, Plesac predicted Barger’s moment almost exactly.
“Bad intentions. Addison Barger,” Plesac said. “Not in the starting lineup, but he will come off the bench, and be a left-hander off the bench, and I’m telling you what, he’s going to run into one, and the Rogers Centre is going to come unglued.
“He’s going to get a pinch hit at-bat, in the seventh, eighth or ninth inning, and he’s going to send this place into a frenzy.”
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GRAND SLAM#WORLDSERIES pic.twitter.com/REg58MNosp— MLB (@MLB) October 25, 2025
The only thing off on Plesac’s prediction was the inning. Barger came up for his pinch-hit appearance in he sixth inning with the Blue Jays up 5-2.
The Blue Jays’ pinch hitter ran into one just as Pesac predicted, a grand slam to put Toronto up 9-2, and blew the roof off of the Rogers Centre.
“You picked a guy that’s not in the starting lineup,” MLB Network’s Greg Amsinger said pre-game.
“Dan Plesac is a GENIUS.”@Plesac19 must’ve borrowed Greg’s crystal ball before the game with this Addison Barger call 🤯 pic.twitter.com/UnSNJ1xgsC
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) October 25, 2025
Then, Amsinger was in awe when Barger’s moment happened in the sixth inning.
“How in the world? How?” Amsinger said. “How did you know? Dan Plesac’s a genius.”
Barger is normally in the Blue Jays starting lineup, but with left-handed pitcher Blake Snell starting the game, Barger sat. However, he made his impact once Snell was out of the game. Ironically though, it still came against a left-handed reliever.
The Blue Jays and Dodgers are back at it for Game 2 of the Word Series on Saturday night from the Rogers Centre.
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