Overview
- Toronto beat the Dodgers 6-1 in Game 5 at Dodger Stadium to move within one win of the franchise’s first title since 1993.
- Rookie Trey Yesavage struck out 12 over seven innings with no walks and three hits allowed, setting the World Series single-game record for a rookie and yielding only an Enrique Hernández solo homer.
- The Dodgers’ lineup faltered again, finishing 4-for-30 with 15 strikeouts as Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-4 and Los Angeles fell behind in the series.
- Game 5 opened with first-pitch fireworks as Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit back-to-back home runs, the first time a World Series game has ever started that way.
- Game 6 is Friday at Rogers Centre, where Yamamoto is expected to start for Los Angeles opposite Gausman for Toronto in an elimination game for the defending champions.