TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman was solid in his World Series debut.

It wasn't nearly good enough against Los Angeles ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Gausman struck out six and walked none over 6 2/3 innings in Game 2, retiring 17 straight batters during the longest postseason start of his career. Even so, he couldn’t match Dodgers counterpart Yamamoto, who threw a four-hitter for his second consecutive complete game and the first in the Series since 2015.

Gausman took the loss in Toronto's 5-1 defeat, allowing three runs and four hits, including a pair of solo homers in the seventh inning.

“Four hits, two of them homers, so I’m not that happy about it,” Gausman said. “I could have pitched better. The guy on the other side did. That’s baseball. He’s on a good streak right now.

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