Three pitches. Two swings. One win away.
Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the game, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 in Game 5 of the World Series Wednesday.
Now a victory away from their first title in 32 years, the Blue Jays will have the chance to clinch back in Toronto on Friday.
Two nights after battling during 18 innings of baseball, only to ultimately lose, the Blue Jays made sure this game was over almost as soon as it began.
The homers for Schneider, on the first pitch of the game, and Guerrero, on the third, silenced the 50,000-plus at Dodger Stadium.
Then, rookie Trey Yesavage quieted the Dodgers’ bats, too, dealing over seven innings with just three hits and no walks.
He also struck out 12 — breaking the rookie World Series record set by Don Newcombe in 1949, smashing his own single-game post-season franchise record set in the ALDS, and became the first pitcher ever to strike out that many opponents without issuing a walk.
And just like that, Toronto can now smell a championship.
More to come
