Blue Jays On Brink Of World Series Crown After Yesavage Tames Dodgers In Game 5

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Rookie Trey Yesavage struck retired 12 batters to group a World Series grounds and nan Toronto Blue Jays opened Game 5 pinch back-to-back location runs successful a 6–1 triumph complete nan Los Angeles Dodgers connected Wednesday night, moving wrong 1 triumph of their first title successful 32 years.

Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr homered connected Blake Snell’s first and 3rd pitches – nan first consecutive homers ever to commencement a World Series crippled – arsenic Toronto jumped to a speedy 2–0 lead earlier a stunned Dodger Stadium crowd.

Yesavage, 22, overpowered nan defending champions pinch a operation of splitters and sliders, becoming nan first Series pitcher pinch 12 strikeouts and nary walks. He gave up 3 hits successful 7 innings, nan only tally coming connected Kiké Hernández’s solo homer successful nan third.

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World Series 2025

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Best-of-seven series. All times Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Fri 24 Oct Game 1: Toronto Blue Jays 11, LA Dodgers 4

Sat 25 Oct Game 2: LA Dodgers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Mon 27 Oct Game 3: LA Dodgers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5 (18 innings)

Tue 28 Oct Game 4: Toronto Blue Jays 6, LA Dodgers 2

Wed 29 Oct Game 5: Toronto Blue Jays 6, LA Dodgers 1

Fri 31 Oct Game 6: LA Dodgers astatine Toronto Blue Jays, 8pm

Sat 1 Nov Game 7: LA Dodgers astatine Toronto Blue Jays, 8pm*

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Bo Bichette’s two-run double successful nan 5th extended nan lead, and Cavan Biggio added an RBI azygous successful nan eighth to put nan crippled retired of reach.

Snell was tagged for 4 runs and 5 hits successful 4 innings arsenic nan Dodgers’ bats went quiet for a 2nd consecutive night.

The Blue Jays lead nan best-of-seven bid 3–2. Game 6 is Friday successful Toronto, wherever they tin clinch their first World Series crown since 1993.