TORONTO — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched 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.

Coming off a three-hitter against Milwaukee in the National League Championship Series that was the first post-season complete game since 2017, Yamamoto retired his final 20 batters to finish the first complete game in the Fall Classic since Kansas City’s Johnny Cueto went the distance 10 years ago against the New York Mets in Game 2.

“I was trying to be in the game relaxed, but it’s the World Series. So I kind of, early on, I was throwing with unnecessary tension,” Yamamoto said through an interpreter. “So

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