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 bought an early increase from consecutive house runs to open the sport because the Blue Jays posted a 6-1 choice on Wednesday night time at Dodger Stadium. The win provides Toronto a 3-2 edge and loads of historical past in its nook heading into Sport 6 in Toronto on Friday night time.
Within the 46 earlier instances a best-of-seven World Sequence has been tied at two video games every, the winner of Sport 5 has gone on to win the Fall Traditional 31 instances. Nonetheless, if the Blue Jays are to win Sport 6 (and the World Sequence), they should work out Los Angeles starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who threw a whole sport whereas permitting simply 4 hits in Sport 2 in Toronto.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has owned this World Sequence
Whereas the highlight has typically fallen on Shohei Ohtani within the Fall Traditional, Toronto’s star first baseman has been placing up the numbers to point out 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 Sport 5, following a leadoff house run from Davis Schneider with one in every of his personal.
