Overview
- Toronto seized a 3-2 series lead with a 6-1 Game 5 win in Los Angeles, opening with first-pitch homers by Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for the first back-to-back start in World Series history.
- Rookie Trey Yesavage delivered seven innings of three-hit, one-run ball with 12 strikeouts and no walks, setting the World Series rookie strikeout record.
- The Dodgers’ offense sputtered again, going 4-for-30 with 15 strikeouts in Game 5 as stars Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman combined to go hitless; Betts said, “I’ve just been terrible.”
- Blake Snell was charged with five runs over 6.2 innings and threw two wild pitches, and reliever Edgardo Henriquez allowed both inherited runners to score in the seventh.
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto is expected to start Game 6 for Los Angeles against Kevin Gausman, and manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani would be an option out of the bullpen as the Dodgers try to force a Game 7.