Trey Yesavage strikes out 12 as Blue Jays beat Dodgers in Game 5

Trey Yesavage’s last begin of a wild 2025 season that started in Single-A ball to pitching his second World Collection sport for the Toronto Blue Jays ends with a pivotal masterpiece.

Yesavage, the 22-year-old who labored his manner by means of the Blue Jays’ minor league system to ultimately cement himself as a key member of this postseason run, placed on a seven-inning masterclass on the mound at Dodger Stadium to assist Toronto beat Los Angeles 6-1 in Sport 5 of the World Collection.

Due to the efforts of Yesavage and a few extra well timed hits from this Blue Jays lineup, Toronto heads again north with only one extra win wanted to win the World Collection.

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Trey Yesavage of the Toronto Blue Jays pitches in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the course of the second inning in sport 5 of the 2025 World Collection at Dodger Stadium on October 29, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Photos)

Yesavage struck out 12 Dodgers batters and allowed simply three hits and one earned run over a 104-pitch efficiency during which 10 of these strikeouts got here within the first 5 innings of the sport.

The one different particular person in MLB historical past to have finished that? Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax, standing simply behind residence plate watching Sport 5 at Dodger Stadium.

In Sport 1, Yesavage did not have his favourite pitch, a sharply falling splitter, which pressured him to make use of his slider extra usually than he was used to. Consequently, he was up to date by the Dodgers, though the Blue Jays’ personal offensive assault resulted in a Sport 1 win at residence.

This time, Yesavage had the proper contact on the pitch and the Dodgers could not determine it out just like the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners earlier than them this postseason. Moreover, the slider was fairly complementary to his mid-90s fastball, maintaining hitters sincere on the dish.

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And it additionally helped that Yesavage rapidly discovered safety on the scoreboard, as his opponent, Blake Snell, allowed two solo residence runs on the primary three pitches of the sport.

First it was Davis Schneider who took the primary pitch he noticed over the fence and instantly set the tone for Toronto. Then Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s dream season continued. additional when he hit his eighth residence run in October to make it 2-0 in favor of the street workforce on this essential Sport 5.

Within the backside of the third, Yesavage’s solely blemish on the sport got here on a 2-0 hit to Enrique Hernandez, who did not draw back from a splitter within the zone. He turned and parked it because the baseball flew over the left area fence, reviving the group at Dodger Stadium, which had been lifeless for the reason that Guerrero homer.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a house run in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the course of the first inning in sport 5 of the 2025 World Collection at Dodger Stadium on October 29, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Luke Hales/Getty Photos)

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But it surely did not final lengthy because the Blue Jays responded within the subsequent body. Teoscar Hernandez overplayed a Daulton Varsho hit to proper area, and it value him, as Varsho sprinted all the way in which to 3rd base. Ernie Clement would hit a sacrifice fly to attain it and take again the two-run lead.

As Yesavage continued to cruise, the Blue Jays widened the hole wanted to return away with the win within the high of the seventh inning when Addison Barger scored on a single and three wild pitches, whereas Bo Bichette singled off Andres Gimenez to make it a 5-1 ball. Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s single within the high of the eighth inning was assured, as Clement came visiting to attain.

As soon as Yesavage’s evening was over, Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider went to Seranthony Dominguez and nearer Jeff Hoffman to shut the door on Sport 5, and that is precisely what they did to present themselves two probabilities to safe the franchise’s first World Collection since 1993.

In the meantime, the Dodgers, winners of final 12 months’s World Collection, have their backs in opposition to the wall. They might want to win their subsequent two video games to retain their title, they usually have the precise man on the mound to do this.

Trey Yesavage of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates after a double play to finish the seventh inning in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers in sport 5 of the 2025 World Collection at Dodger Stadium on October 29, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Luke Hales/Getty Photos)

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto is searching for his third straight full sport as he was a much-needed chief within the Sport 2 win for Los Angeles. He’ll face Kevin Gausman, who was having an amazing efficiency till he gave up a few solo residence runs in Sport 2 in Toronto.

The primary pitch in Sport 6 will happen on Halloween evening in Toronto at 8:08 PM ET.

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