The Los Angeles Dodgers are on life support after a 6-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium in Game 5 of the 2025 World Series to put the Jays up 3-2 in the Fall Classic.
The two clubs now head back north for Game 6 in Toronto on Friday, where the Blue Jays will have a chance to finish off the World Series, while the Dodgers could have their season end.
Blake Snell was back on the mound after starting in Game 1, and the Dodgers were hoping for a bounce-back performance after he lost in the series opener. But the Blue Jays had other plans.
Davis Schneider blasted the first pitch of the game for a home run, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added his own solo shot on the third pitch of the game to put the Blue Jays up 2-0 before most fans were back in their seats following the national anthems.
Kiké Hernández provided the Dodgers their only run in the third inning with a home run, but outside of that, they were shut down by Trey Yesavage. The rookie right-hander tossed seven innings of one-run ball, allowing just four hits while striking out 12 and walking no one.
Yesavage set a record with 23 swings and misses, the most in a World Series game since MLB started tracking them in 2008. He is also the first pitcher ever with 12+ strikeouts and no walks in a World Series game, and the first rookie to strike out a dozen in the Fall Classic.
While Yesavage was brilliant, it also continued a trend of offensive issues for the Dodgers as a whole. Since the start of the National League Division Series, the Dodgers entered tonight hitting .220/.314/.369.
After Hernández put the Dodgers on the board, the Blue Jays dominated the rest of the way. Toronto immediately got the un back on a triple from Daulton Varsho and sacrifice fly from Ernie Clement in the fourth inning.
In the seventh, they started to break things open. Addison Barger singled and Andrés Giménez walked, then Snell threw a wild pitch before he exited the game. Edgardo Henriquez entered and walked Guerrero Jr. on a wild pitch to make it a 4-1 game.
Bo Bichette singled home the fifth run of the game before Anthony Banda got the Dodgers out of a bases-loaded jam. But Banda stayed in the game for the eighth and went on to allow a run after singles from Clement and Isiah Kiner-Falefa.
Blake Treinen pitched a scoreless 9th, and then Jeff Hoffman finished off the game for the Blue Jays.
History against Dodgers in World Series
In the best-of-seven World Series format, teams that won Game 5 when tied 2-2 in the series have gone on to win the World Series 67.4% of the time. The series has been tied at 2-2 on 46 previous occasions, with the team that goes up 3-2 going on to win 31 times.
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