After the Blue Jays rattled off on a run parade against the Dodgers bullpen in Game 1, it was up to Yoshinobu Yamamoto to stay in the game as long as possible to limit exposure of the soft underbelly of his team. He answered the bell, becoming the first pitcher since Orel Hershiser in 1988 to throw back-to-back complete games in the postseason. He retired the final 20 batters he faced, giving up just one run on four hits while striking out eight to put himself into the Dodgers postseason history books and level the series at a game apiece.

World Series Game 2

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1 (Series tied, 1-1)

Tonight was a battle of the split-finger fastballs, Kevin Gausman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto deploying the splitter with the highest and third-highest usage rates among qual

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