ORONTO — It is, in fact, possible to tame the Blue Jays lineup.

It just takes a masterful performance from an ace like Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and the World Series is headed to Los Angeles tied 1-1 because of it.

A night after the Blue Jays’ pesky lineup got to Blake Snell and blew the game open against the Dodger bullpen, Yamamoto took matters into his own hands and never let a reliever touch the ball. 5

Yamamoto retired the final 20 batters he faced to finish off a complete game gem — his second straight — sending the Dodgers to a 5-1 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday night at Rogers Centre.

Against the team that had scored 11 runs on 14 hits in Game 1, Yamamoto shut the Blue Jays down, scattering just four hits while striking out eight and walking none across 105 pitches.

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