Overview
- Toronto beat Los Angeles 6-1 in Game 5, jumping on Blake Snell with back-to-back first-inning homers from Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
- Rookie Trey Yesavage delivered seven innings of one-run ball with 12 strikeouts and no walks, giving the Blue Jays their second win in three games at Dodger Stadium.
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his eighth homer of this postseason in Game 5 after setting the franchise playoff home run record with a blast off Shohei Ohtani in Game 4.
- Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-4 in Game 5 after taking the loss as the Dodgers’ Game 4 starter, a sharp turn from his record-setting on-base performance in the 18-inning Game 3.
- The series shifts to Toronto for Game 6 with the Dodgers expected to start Yoshinobu Yamamoto, as the Blue Jays monitor George Springer’s right-side issue and rely on starters to ease bullpen strain from the marathon earlier in the series.