Trey Yesavage has set a World Series rookie record with 12 strikeouts, and Toronto opened Game 5 with back-to-back homers in a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers that moved them within one win of their first championship since 1993.

Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered on Blake Snell's first and third pitches, the first consecutive homers to start a Series game.

Yesavage, a precocious 22-year-old right-hander, took over from there on Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

With a sinking splitter, spinning slider and overpowering fastball that quieted LA bats and a crowd of 52,175, he broke the prior rookie record of 11 strikeouts set by Don Newcombe for the Dodgers in 1949.

Yesavage allowed three hits over seven innings and his only run when Kike Hernandez homered on a high

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