Overview
- Rookie Trey Yesavage fanned 12 over seven innings in Game 5, the most strikeouts by a rookie in a World Series start, as Toronto won 6-1 to take a 3-2 lead.
- Game 6 at Rogers Centre features Kevin Gausman for the Blue Jays against Yamamoto for the Dodgers, who must win to force a Game 7 on Saturday.
- The Dodgers are hitting .201 in the World Series, with Mookie Betts at 3-for-23 and acknowledging, “I’ve just been terrible,” as the lineup struggles to support Shohei Ohtani.
- Yamamoto has thrown back-to-back complete games, including a four-hitter in Game 2, and his length is vital with L.A.’s bullpen taxed by recent workloads.
- George Springer missed Games 4 and 5 with right-side discomfort, and manager John Schneider said he hopes to have him available for tonight.