Thanks to some early strength from the Toronto Blue Jays and another postseason gem from their rookie starter, the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers are on the brink of elimination.
Toronto’s Trey Yesavage allowed just three hits and one run in 7.0 innings and got an early boost from consecutive home runs to open the game as the Blue Jays posted a 6-1 decision at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night. The win gives Toronto a 3-2 lead and plenty of history in the corner heading into Game 6 in Toronto on Friday night.
In the 46 previous times a best-of-seven World Series has been tied in two games, the winner of Game 5 has won the Fall Classic 31 times. However, if the Blue Jays want to win Game 6 (and the World Series), they will have to find Los Angeles starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who went a complete game and allowed just four hits in Game 2 in Toronto.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. owned this World Series
While the spotlight is often on Shohei Ohtani in the Fall Classic, Toronto’s first baseman crunched the numbers to show why he should be the World Series MVP if Toronto were to win it all.
On Wednesday, in his 15 postseason games in 2025, Guerrero Jr. Cut to .419/.500/.806 with three doubles, seven home runs, 14 RBI and 10 walks for an astonishing 1.306 OPS. It didn’t take long for him to boost those numbers in Game 5, following a leadoff home run from Davis Schneider with one of his own.
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