Yamamoto throws first World Series complete game since 2015 as Dodgers beat Blue Jays 5

TORONTO (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a World Series game from another era.

Sandy Koufax had October outings like this and so did Orel Hershiser, but those types of performances had vanished in modern baseball.

Until this 5-foot-10 starter from Japan delivered like the aces of old.

Yamamoto threw a four-hitter for his second consecutive complete game, the first in the World Series since 2015, and the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Saturday night to tie their best-of-seven matchup at one game apiece.

“It's kind of the throwback,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “When he starts a game he expects to finish it.”

Coming off a three-hitter against Milwaukee in the National League Championship Series that was the first postseason complete game