Overview
- Los Angeles tied the series 1-1 behind Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s complete game, allowing one run on four hits with eight strikeouts and no walks while retiring the last 20 batters he faced.
- Yamamoto’s gem marked his second straight postseason complete game and the first complete game in the World Series since 2015.
- Toronto’s Kevin Gausman retired 17 in a row before seventh‑inning solo homers by Will Smith and Max Muncy put L.A. ahead, with two more Dodgers runs scoring in the eighth on a wild pitch and a Smith RBI forceout.
- Game 3 is Monday at Dodger Stadium, where Max Scherzer is slated to start for the Blue Jays against the Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow.
- The opener went to Toronto 11-4 on a nine‑run sixth that included Addison Barger’s first pinch‑hit grand slam in World Series history and an Alejandro Kirk two‑run homer, underscoring the Jays’ success against the Dodgers’ bullpen.