From class-A Dunedin to Game 5 of the World Series, Trey Yesavage continues to add to his storybook 2025.

Making his fifth start of this post-season for the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the 22-year-old right-hander made playoff history yet again.

By striking out 12 Dodgers, Yesavage broke the record for most strikeouts by a rookie in a World Series game, besting Don Newcombe’s 11 punchouts in Game 1 of the 1949 Fall Classic.

Yesavage put his name in history by setting down Freddie Freeman with a splitter in the seventh.

It wasn’t the only record that fell on Wednesday, however.

With his seventh strikeout of the game and 34th of these playoffs, Yesavage broke the MLB record for punchouts in a single post-season by a rookie, surpassing the previous mar

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