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The Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers are facing off in Game 5 as Dodger Stadium hosts World Series baseball for the final time in 2025.
With the Series tied 2-2, tonight determines who will head to Toronto one game away from becoming world champions.
Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit back-to-back home runs off of Blake Snell to open the game. Kiké Hernández responded with a solo shot of his own in the third inning to get L.A. on the board, but Toronto restored its two-run lead with a sacrifice fly in the fourth.
Blue Jays starter Trey Yesavage has tied the MLB record for most strikeouts by a rookie in a World Series game with 11.
Dave Roberts seems like he is going in a completely different direction when managing his pitching than previous World Series.
They spent a lot of money on starting pitching, might as well get the most out of it.
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Doc got beat up for yanking his starters a few years back. He’s been much more “feel” in these situations since. Especially in the postseason.
To Stephen’s point, it says everything about their bullpen.
▶️ Blake Snell is up to 110 pitches as Andrés Giménez works a walk, giving Toronto runners on first and second with one out. He is staying in the game to face Davis Schneider. | Top 7th Blue Jays 3, Dodgers 1
The Dodgers’ feel for when to pull their starters this series has been … odd.
Another run WOULD be a dagger. Doc (Dave Roberts) wants them more shallow just for that reason.
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The way this game is going, it feels like one extra run here will be a dagger for the Dodgers.
▶️ Addison Barger advances to second on a curveball that Blake Snell spiked. He stays at second though as Isiah Kiner-Falefa grounds out to short. | Top 7th Blue Jays 3, Dodgers 1
Blake Snell pitches into the seventh. It’s admirable and needed that he’s gotten this far after that poor start. His offense has done him no favors, however.
Edgardo Henriquez is warming as Snell starts the inning.
▶️ Addison Barger beats the shift, punching a leadoff single down the third-base line. | Top 7th Blue Jays 3, Dodgers 1
It’s not a bad night when the three historical comparisons the broadcast has made for Trey Yesavage in the last inning are Don Newcombe (last rookie with 10+ strikeouts in the World Series), Sandy Koufax (last pitcher with 10+ strikeouts in the first five innings of a World Series game), and Smoky Joe Wood (most strikeouts in a World Series game for a pitcher 22 or younger).
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Mookie Betts is now 3-for-22 in this World Series. His mechanics are clearly off. The contact is much like what we saw in the first half of the season when he got off to a brutal start.
It would’ve been a shock to see Dave Roberts move him even further down the order today, but they really need him to get going.
To Shelley’s point, the Jays hoped the fact that Yesavage didn’t have his splitter working in Game 1 would help him tonight. Manager John Schneider said:
💬 “It’s interesting. They’re seeing him again, but if the split is on it’s a different version of what they saw.”
The split was on. It was a different version. It’s working.
That 1-2-3 inning has a big impact on the rest of the game. Blue Jays bullpen will be lined up, and it puts Jeff Hoffman in the spot to face the Dodgers’ best hitters.
Slider top of the zone. Slider bottom of the zone. From that arm angle, it’s impossible to hit.
▶️ That's a 1-2-3 inning for Trey Yesavage, getting Mookie Betts to bounce out to third to end the inning. He's up to 89 pitches, allowing two hits and one run while striking out eleven. | End 6th Blue Jays 3, Dodgers 1
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Q: How hot are you getting the bullpen with Trey Yesavage still rolling?
Bobby Scales: Batter by batter at this point. Right now he’s still better than any option you have especially give you played 18 innings the other night. Everyone is taxed.
Shelley Duncan: He’s rolling, but things at this stage in the game can always happen fast.
▶️ That was not a good at-bat by Will Smith, striking out on three pitches after chasing a slider well below the zone. | Bot 6th Blue Jays 3, Dodgers 1
Trey Yesavage just became the third starting pitcher, after Kevin Gausman in Game 2 and Shane Bieber last night, who John Schneider has allowed to face Shohei Ohtani for a third time.
Schneider has not been punished for it once. Excellent execution by Toronto against Ohtani, and some tremendous defense doesn’t hurt.