Blue Jays one win from World Series title after Trey Yesavage's dominant Game 5 performance

Keith Williams Jr. and Rufus Wainwright performed the National Anthems ahead of World Series Game 5 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays.

Trey Yesavage’s final start of a wild 2025 season, which began in Single-A ball to pitching his second World Series game for the Toronto Blue Jays, ends with a pivotal masterpiece.

Yesavage, the 22-year-old who worked his way through the Blue Jays’ minor league system to eventually cement himself as a key member of this postseason run, delivered a seven-inning masterclass on the mound at Dodger Stadium to help Toronto defeat Los Angeles, 6-1, in Game 5 of the World Series. 

Thanks to the efforts of Yesavage, and some more timely hitting by this Blue Jays lineup, Toronto is heading back north with only one more win needed to win the World Series. 

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Trey Yesavage of the Toronto Blue Jays pitches against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the second inning in Game 5 of the 2025 World Series at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 29, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Yesavage struck out 12 Dodgers hitters and allowed just three hits and one earned run over a 104-pitch performance that saw 10 of those strikeouts in the first five innings of the contest. 

The only other person to do that in MLB history? Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax, who was right behind home plate watching Game 5 at Dodger Stadium. 

In Game 1, Yesavage didn’t have his go-to pitch, a sharp-dropping splitter, which forced him to use his slider more often than he was used to. As a result, he was touched up by the Dodgers, though the Blue Jays’ own offensive onslaught resulted in a Game 1 victory at home. 

This time around, Yesavage had the perfect