Overview
- Toronto beat Los Angeles 6-1 in Game 5 to move within one win of its first championship since 1993.
- Trey Yesavage struck out 12 over seven innings with three hits, one run and no walks, breaking Don Newcombe’s rookie World Series single-game strikeout record.
- Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led off with back-to-back home runs, the first time a World Series game has started with consecutive homers.
- The Dodgers mustered four hits and 15 strikeouts, with Shohei Ohtani going 0-for-4 and Mookie Betts acknowledging his slump after another hitless night.
- Game 6 is Friday at Rogers Centre, where Yoshinobu Yamamoto—dominant in a complete-game win in Game 2—is expected to oppose Kevin Gausman as L.A. tries to force a Game 7.