The Toronto Blue Jays rode Trey Yesavage’s dominant Game 5 performance to a 3-2 World Series lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Veteran righty Kevin Gausman took the mound for Toronto on Friday as the Blue Jays look to clinch the series and win their first championship since 1993.

Much of the focus for Game 6 has been on Dodgers’ ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto . However, Gausman got off to a stunning start against LA. The two-time All-Star set the tone early by striking out Shohei Ohtani to begin the game. Expand Tweet

But Gausman didn’t stop there. The Blue Jays’ hurler struck out the side in the first frame. Of Gausman’s 16 first-inning pitches, 11 were splitters : “Eight generated swings. Seven of them were whiffs,” per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

Kevin Gausman racks up 8 Ks in 1st thre

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