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04/06 21:53 CDT Rushing homers twice, Ohtani goes deep as Dodgers rout Blue Jays 14-2 in World Series rematch Rushing homers twice, Ohtani goes deep as Dodgers rout Blue Jays 14-2 in World Series rematch By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) --- Dalton Rushing hit two solo home runs for his first career multihomer game and the Los Angeles Dodgers went deep five times to rout the Toronto Blue Jays 14-2 on Monday night in a rematch of the 2025 World Series. Teoscar Hernndez and Freddie Freeman each hit a two-run homer, and Shohei Ohtani added a solo shot. Los Angeles beat the Blue Jays in last year's Fall Classic for its second consecutive championship, winning Game 7 at Toronto in 11 innings. After scoring 31 runs in a three-game sweep at Washington, the Dodgers piled up 17 hits against the slumping Blue Jays. Rushing went 4 for 4 and also scored after he was hit by a pitch. Rushing connected on Tommy Nance's first pitch of the seventh, then went deep again off Spencer Miles in the eighth. Hernndez went 2 for 5 with a walk and drove in four runs, while Freeman was 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBIs. Kyle Tucker had a hit, walked and scored three times, and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Andy Pages had two hits, including a two-run double. Blue Jays catcher Tyler Heineman came on to pitch the ninth and retired the side in order, Toronto's only 1-2-3 inning of the game. The Blue Jays lost their fifth straight and saw right-hander and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (1-1) leave after two innings. The 41-year-old allowed two runs and two hits, walked one and struck out a pair. Hernndez homered off Scherzer in the first. Freeman drilled a 438-foot shot off Josh Fleming in the third. Ohtani homered off Joe Mantiply in the sixth, his third in four games. Making his first start of the season, Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski (1-0) allowed one run and two hits in five innings.

Up next World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-1, 3.00 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday against Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (0-0, 0.75). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb