Blue Jays seize control in 6-1 Game 5 win, return to Toronto with a chance to clinch first title in 32 years
Toronto powered past Los Angeles 6–1 in Game 5 behind rookie Trey Yesavage’s 12-strikeout performance, taking a 3–2 World Series lead and returning home one win away from their first championship in 32 years. Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. went back-to-back to open the scoring, and the Jays’ lineup once again delivered from top to bottom. Game 6 goes Friday night at Rogers Centre, with Kevin Gausman facing Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Blue Jays even World Series 2–2 with 6–2 win at Dodger Stadium ahead of pivotal Game 5
Toronto evens the World Series at two games apiece with a 6–2 result at Dodger Stadium. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his seventh career postseason home run to flip the score, and a four-run seventh inning broke it open and sent Shohei Ohtani off the mound. Chris Bassitt handled the late innings and Louis Varland closed it down. Game 5 is tonight in Los Angeles before the series shifts to Toronto.
Dodgers beat Blue Jays 5–1 as Yamamoto goes the distance in Game Two of the World Series
TORONTO — Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw a complete game and Will Smith drove in three runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5–1 in Game Two of the World Series at Rogers Centre. Alejandro Kirk supplied Toronto’s only RBI before Smith and Max Muncy homered late to put the game out of reach. The series now shifts to Dodger Stadium for Games 3 through 5.