LOS ANGELES — Trey Yesavage fired a splitter that was so filthy it caused Shohei Ohtani to fall down to one knee after swinging and missing. As the helmet flung off the head of the best baseball player in the world, Yesavage walked off the mound toward the third-base dugout with no emotion on his face.

“I treat every hitter the same,” Yesavage said later. “At this level, every hitter can do damage. Just another strikeout.”

It was an ice-cold response that underscored the temperature in his veins on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium during Game 5 of the World Series.

Yesavage authored one of the greatest pitching performances in Toronto Blue Jays history as he overpowered the Los Angeles Dodgers in a 6-1 win that put his club up 3-2 in the Fall Classic and one win away from a championshi

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