APTOPIX World Series Blue Jays Dodgers Baseball Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage celebrates the end on the seventh inning in Game 5 of baseball's World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Brynn Anderson/AP)
World Series Blue Jays Dodgers Baseball Toronto Blue Jays' pitcher Trey Yesavage celebrates as he walks to his dugout after striking out Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman during the seventh inning in Game 5 of baseball's World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (David J. Phillip/AP)
World Series Blue Jays Dodgers Baseball Toronto Blue Jays' Davis Schneider celebrates a home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning in Game 5 of baseball's World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Brynn Anderson/AP)
World Series Blue Jays Dodgers Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Blake Snell watches Toronto Blue Jays' Daulton Varsho line out during the sixth inning in Game 5 of baseball's World Series, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Ashley Landis/AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Trey Yesavage set a World Series rookie record with 12 strikeouts, and the Toronto Blue Jays opened Game 5 with back-to-back homers in a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday that moved them within one win of their first championship since 1993.
Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered on Blake Snell’s first and third pitches, the first consecutive homers to start a Series game.
Yesavage, a precocious 22-year-old right-hander who started his season last April pitching before 327 fans in Class A, took over from there.
With a sinking splitter, spinning slider and overpowering fastball that quieted LA bats and a crowd of 52,175, he broke the prior rookie record of 11 strikeouts set by Don Newcombe for the Dodgers in a 1-0 loss to the New York Yankees in the 1949 opener. Getting six Ks each with his splitter and slider, Yesavage became the first Series pitcher with 12 strikeouts and no walks.
Yesavage allowed three hits over seven innings and his only run when Kiké Hernández homered on a high fastball to trim the Dodgers’ deficit to 2-1 in the third.
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