Yesavage's 12-K, No-Walk Leads Blue Jays 3-2

Rookie Trey Yesavage dominated Game 5 of the World Series, striking out a record 12 batters over seven innings while allowing three hits, one run and issuing no walks. He fanned every Dodger in the lineup at least once and extended a postseason that includes multiple 10-plus strikeout games by a rookie, using a devastating splitter/slider mix. Toronto opened the game with back-to-back homers from Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. — the first time a World Series game has begun with consecutive homers — and added insurance runs after Blake Snell exited in the seventh. The 6-1 victory gives the Blue Jays a 3-2 series lead and puts them one win away from their first championship since 1993, with Game 6 scheduled in Toronto. Yesavage was drafted in 2024 and promoted in mid-September after only three regular-season starts, and his rapid rise has shifted momentum firmly to Toronto.