Dodgers high-octane road trip continues with rout in Toronto

TORONTO, CANADA - APRIL 6: Freddie Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates his two run home run with Shohei Ohtani #17 against the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning in their MLB game at the Rogers Centre on April 6, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images) | Getty Images The opening salvo of the three-game rematch of last year’s World Series was a one-sided affair, in which the Dodgers drubbed the Toronto Blue Jays 14-2 on Monday night at Rogers Centre. After scoring only seven runs in three games in a languid series against the Cleveland Guardians at home , the Dodgers offense has come alive on the road, topping that figure in each of the first four games of the road trip.

Home runs provided the highlights of the series opener, including a career day by catcher Dalton Rushing. Rushing got a second straight start behind the plate on Monday — manager Dave Roberts told reporters in Toronto it was partly so Will Smith would catch Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Ohtani in the final two games of the series — and had four hits, his first major league game with more than two hits. He homered in the seventh and eighth innings as the Dodgers just kept scoring.

DALTON AGAIN! pic. twitter.

com/WOoo2xQ6hk — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 7, 2026 Coupled with his home run in Sunday’s comeback win in Washington D. C. , Rushing has hits in each of his last five at-bats, with three home runs, and he’s reached base six plate appearances in a row.