Shohei Ohtani outduels Aaron Judge as Dodgers rally past Yankees

LOS ANGELES — The marching band played on the concourse, the radio talk show went live from the warning track in front of the home dugout and the drone for the television broadcast took flight.

And yet the October-style intensity did not get going until a pair of MVPs hit first-inning home runs. The spectacle didn’t stop there.

There was plenty to savor in the opener of a weekend World Series rematch, with Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers getting the best of Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees in an 8-5 victory.