The Los Angeles Dodgers are back. After a disastrous performance in Game 1 of the World Series, the team pulled off a resounding 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays to tie the series at 1-1 with a run and a hit from star Shohei Ohtani and a stellar performance from Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound.
The Japanese ace tossed a four-hitter, striking out eight and retiring his final 20 batters in what marked the first World Series complete game since 2015.
Yamamoto’s masterclass came just days after his three-hit shutout in the NLCS against Milwaukee – making him the first pitcher since Curt Schilling in 2001 to record back-to-back complete games in the postseason.
The Dodgers were unstoppable
The 27-year-old right-hander needed 105 pitches to finish the job, relying on pinpoint command and a deep arsenal that silenced Toronto’s lineup.
Will Smith powered the Dodgers’ offense, breaking a 1-1 tie with a seventh-inning home run off Kevin Gausman before adding two more RBIs later in the game.
Max Muncy followed Smith’s blast with a solo shot, and Los Angeles never looked back. Freddie Freeman doubled and scored in the first inning, while a wild pitch and a Smith RBI grounder added insurance runs in the eighth.
Toronto fell short in this game
Toronto’s only tally came in the third inning when Yamamoto plunked George Springer and later surrendered a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. RBI single – the last baserunner he’d allow all night.
With the win, Yamamoto improved to 5-1 across two postseasons, and the Dodgers moved to 7-1 in his playoff starts. The Series now shifts to Los Angeles, where Tyler Glasnow will face Max Scherzer in Game 3 on Monday night.
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