The Los Angeles Dodgers made it loud and clear that capturing the Commissioner’s Trophy wouldn’t be a bottom stroll for the Toronto Blue Jays. With their newly-minted ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the mound, LA shut down Toronto’s highly effective lineup and pulled off a 5-1 win in Sport 2 of the 2025 World Sequence.

Yamamoto, pitching his second straight full sport of the postseason, fired 105 pitches, struck out eight, allowed one run on 4 hits and issued no walks. He retired the final 20 batters he confronted, holding the Jays to a .149 batting common and tying the collection at 1-1. The 27-year-old Japanese right-hander grew to become solely the second Dodgers hurler to throw back-to-back postseason full video games. The primary being Orel Hershiser in 1988. 

L.A. struck first within the opener, setting the tone. With two outs within the first inning, Freddie Freeman ripped a double down the right-field line, and catcher Will Smith adopted with a clutch single to heart, placing LA forward 1-0. On the flip facet, the Blue Jays answered again within the backside of the third. George Springer singled, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. adopted with one in all his personal, after which Alejandro Kirk drove in Springer with a sacrifice fly to even the sport at 1-1. 

Toronto’s Kevin Gausman stood tall for the subsequent three innings, till the highest of the seventh the place the Dodgers exploded. Will Smith crushed a 3-2 fastball into the second deck of left-field for his first homer of the postseason to make it 2-1. Two batters later, Max Muncy ripped an opposite-field blast of his personal, turning the rating to 3-1 and jolting L.A.’s offense awake. 

Within the eighth, the stress mounted. The very first throw by Jeff Hoffman after relieving Gausman was a wild pitch, permitting Andy Pages to attain and a fielder’s-choice ground-out from Smith drove in one other run to seal the deal at 5-1. Toronto’s bats by no means recovered. 

Sport 2 might have felt like a pitchers’ duel for six innings, however Yamamoto’s mastery and LA’s energy burst within the seventh and eighth shifted the pendulum. Toronto’s offense, sizzling in Sport 1, was silenced many of the night time. In the meantime, the Dodgers, reeling from a Sport 1 blowout, discovered their rhythm when it mattered most.

Momentum now swings west. With the collection heading to Los Angeles tied, the Dodgers are using a wave, whereas the Blue Jays should discover their spark once more in the event that they’re going to maintain the dream alive.