World Series Game Five: Just Say Yes-avage

In Game Four, the Toronto Blue Jays manage to rise above the fatigue from the 18 inning thriller that they played a day prior. The Jays managed to defeat the Dodgers 6-2 to even up the World Series at two games each. Now, the Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers were participating in a pivotal Game Five that will determine who will head to Canada with a chance to win the whole thing.

Today's pitching matchup was a rematch from Game One. The Dodgers had Blake Snell on the mound going up against Trey Yesavage. Following a pair of terrible performances of both countries' anthems, the first pitch was thrown, and it went yard. A lead-off home run for the Blue Jays, and for the first time in this World Series, Toronto scored first. Next up, the next pitch was taken, but the third pitch was hit out as well. Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. also went yard. Back to back home runs to kick things off for the Blue Jays, who were up 2-0 already.

The Dodgers got on the board in the third inning when Enrique Hernandez hit a solo run to make it two to one. However, that would be pretty much all the Dodgers got. The Dodgers could not do a thing against Yesavage, and Toronto would capitalize later on. The 4th inning saw Ernie Clement hit a sacrifice fly that drove in dalted varshow to make it 3-1 for Toronto. The score held up for a couple more innings, all while the Dodgers continued to be held at bay.

The seventh inning was a cacophony for the Dodgers. Three wild pitches were thrown; the third one resulting in a run for Toronto. Ball four to Guerrero was actually a wild pitch that allowed a run to score, and that made it 4-1 for the Blue Jays. Another run was added later on in that inning when Bo Bichette drove in Andres Gimenez, and that made it 5-1 and pretty much put it out of reach for the Dodgers. The Blue Jays added another run for good measure in the eighth inning, and all was left for Toronto to do was to get the final outs needed to clinch the victory.

The Toronto Blue Jays won Game Five of the World Series, 6-1, to move one win away from winning the Fall Classic for the first time since 1993. Trey Yesavage had the performance for the ages; seven innings, three hits, only gave up one run (the Hernandez HR), and struck out a full dozen! The 12 strikeouts are a World Series record for rookie pitchers. Hitting-wise, Vlad Jr.'s HR was his eighth in this year's postseason, tying him with six other batters (including Shohei Ohtani's total for this year) for second all-time. As for the Dodgers, their bats have been very cold lately in this series. In the last 27 innings, the Dodgers have scored just four runs. That is definitely not going to do it. Now, for the first time in this year's postseason, the Dodgers facing elimination.

Game Six is Friday back in Toronto. That is going to be a big night for not just Toronto, but for all of Canada. The Blue Jays have, at most, two chances to win their first championship in front of their home crowd in 32 years. I wonder if Joe Carter will be there.

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