Overview
- Yesavage, 22, threw seven innings of three-hit, one-run ball with 12 strikeouts and no walks, surpassing Don Newcombe’s 1949 rookie record for strikeouts in a World Series game.
- Toronto began Game 5 with back-to-back leadoff homers by Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the first time a World Series game has opened that way.
- The Dodgers’ offense sputtered again, going 4-for-30 with 15 strikeouts in Game 5 as Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-4 and the Ohtani–Mookie Betts–Freddie Freeman trio finished 0-for-11.
- Manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani could be an option out of the bullpen, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto expected to start opposite Kevin Gausman in Friday’s Game 6.
- Los Angeles heads to Canada needing two straight road wins to repeat as champions after dropping the last two at Dodger Stadium.