Yamamoto's Complete Game Evens World Series 1-1

Yoshinobu Yamamoto dominated Game 2 of the World Series, throwing a 105‑pitch, four‑hit complete game and retiring his final 20 batters to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5–1 victory. Will Smith and Max Muncy hit seventh‑inning solo homers to break a 1–1 tie, while Toronto's lone run came on a George Springer sacrifice fly. Yamamoto became the first pitcher with consecutive postseason complete games since Curt Schilling in 2001 and the first to throw a World Series complete game since 2015. The win evened the series at 1–1 after the Blue Jays routed the Dodgers 11–4 in Game 1, addressing concerns raised by L.A.'s bullpen and tactical decisions in that loss. With the series shifting to Los Angeles, oddsmakers moved the Dodgers back into favoritism, and Tyler Glasnow is penciled to start Game 3 for the Dodgers while Max Scherzer is lined up for Toronto.