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10/29 22:19 CDT Yesavage pitches Blue Jays past Dodgers 6-1 for 3-2 lead in
World Series
Yesavage pitches Blue Jays past Dodgers 6-1 for 3-2 lead in World Series
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Trey Yesavage set a World Series rookie record with 12
strikeouts, and the Toronto Blue Jays opened Game 5 with back-to-back homers in
a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday 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 who started his season last
April pitching before 327 fans in Class A, took over from there.
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 a 1-0 loss to the New York
Yankees in the 1949 opener. Getting six Ks each with his splitter and slider,
Yesavage became the first Series pitcher with 12 strikeouts and no walks.
Yesavage allowed three hits over seven innings and his only run when Kik
Hernndez homered on a high fastball to trim the Dodgers' deficit to 2-1 in the
third.
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