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Bo Bichette doesn’t start, but pinch hits in Blue Jays’ loss

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    Jorge CastilloOct 25, 2025, 04:07 PM ET

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      ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024.

TORONTO — After returning from a seven-week absence in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday, Bo Bichette did not start in the Toronto Blue Jays’ 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 on Saturday night.

Bichette batted fourth and started at second base in Game 1 after never playing the position over his seven-year major league career. He went 1-for-2 with a walk before pinch runner Isiah Kiner-Falefa replaced him in the sixth inning.

Kiner-Falefa started at second base in Game 2. Bichette pinch hit for Kiner-Falefa in the seventh, and grounded out to shortstop.

“He felt pretty good after the game,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said of Bichette in Game 1. “Checking in with him today, probably feels a little bit better than he expected. Again, when we put him on the roster, we did because we thought he could help us win, which he did yesterday, and keeping in mind that he hasn’t played in seven weeks.”

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Bichette, 27, had not played in a game since spraining his left knee in a collision at home plate at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 6. His mobility was clearly limited in Game 1, though he made a difficult play on a ground ball up the middle from Teoscar Hernandez in the third inning.

A free agent after this season, Bichette rebounded from an injury-plagued 2024 campaign to finish second in the majors in batting average, hitting .311 with 18 home runs, 94 RBIs and an .840 OPS in 139 games.

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