Overview
- Toronto beat Los Angeles 6-1 in Game 5 to take a 3-2 World Series lead, moving one victory from its first championship since 1993.
- Rookie Trey Yesavage struck out 12 over seven innings with no walks, setting a World Series rookie strikeout record; Kiké Hernández’s solo homer was the Dodgers’ only run.
- The game opened with Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hitting back-to-back homers off Blake Snell, the first time a World Series has begun with consecutive leadoff home runs.
- Dodgers bats remained quiet as Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-4 and the Betts–Ohtani–Freeman trio combined to go hitless in Game 5, continuing a multi-game scoring slump.
- Manager Dave Roberts said Game 2 winner Yoshinobu Yamamoto is expected to start Game 6, and Ohtani could be available out of the bullpen as L.A. seeks to force a Game 7.