Due to some early energy by the Toronto Blue Jays and one other postseason gem from their rookie starter, the reigning World Sequence champion Los Angeles Dodgers are on the verge of elimination.
Toronto’s Trey Yesavage allowed simply three hits and one run over 7.0 innings and obtained an early increase from consecutive house runs to open the sport because the Blue Jays posted a 6-1 determination on Wednesday evening at Dodger Stadium. The win offers Toronto a 3-2 edge and loads of historical past in its nook heading into Recreation 6 in Toronto on Friday evening.
Within the 46 earlier occasions a best-of-seven World Sequence has been tied at two video games every, the winner of Recreation 5 has gone on to win the Fall Traditional 31 occasions. Nevertheless, if the Blue Jays are to win Recreation 6 (and the World Sequence), they must work out Los Angeles starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who threw a whole recreation whereas permitting simply 4 hits in Recreation 2 in Toronto.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has owned this World Sequence
Whereas the highlight has usually fallen on Shohei Ohtani within the Fall Traditional, Toronto’s star first baseman has been placing up the numbers to indicate why he needs to be the World Sequence MVP if Toronto goes on to win all of it.
Coming into Wednesday, over his 15 postseason video games in 2025, Guerrero Jr. had slashed .419/.500/.806 with three doubles, seven homers, 14 RBI and 10 walks, equating to an astonishing 1.306 OPS. It did not take him lengthy to spice up these numbers in Recreation 5, following a leadoff house run from Davis Schneider with one in every of his personal.
