Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) pitches against the Toronto Blue Jays in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2 of the 2025 MLB World Series at the Rogers Centre. (John E. Sokolowski/Imagn Images/Reuters Connect)The LatestDodgers tied up the World Series 1-1 with 5-1 victory over the Jays.Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto made history as the first pitcher to throw two complete games in the post-season since 2001. Gausman and Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto were locked in a pitchers’ duel through first six innings of play. Blue Jays will head to Los Angeles to continue what is now a best-of-five series.Game 3 begins at 8 p.m. ET on Monday at Dodger Stadium.The Jays must win at least one of the next three games at Dodger Stadium to force the series back to Toronto.UpdatesOctober 264 hours agoA day off before Game 3Geoff NixonYoshinobu Yamamoto #18 celebrates with Teoscar Hernández #37 of the Los Angeles Dodgers after their team’s 5-1 win in Game 2 of the World Series. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)The Dodgers’ 5-1 win over the Blue Jays in Game 2 on Saturday night ties the best-of-seven series at 1-1 and guarantees the World Series will go at least five games.We’ll have to wait a couple of days to see where it all goes next, as Game 3 won’t happen until Monday, as the series heads to Los Angeles.For all the baseball fans who joined us tonight, we hope you enjoyed our Game 2 coverage. Please visit cbcnews.ca to read more about the Jays’ playoff run.4 hours agoDodgers starter didn’t expect to go 9 inningsGeoff NixonYoshinobu Yamamoto #18 of the Los Angeles Dodgers is interviewed after pitching a complete game in Game 2 of the 2025 World Series. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)Yamamoto spoke to the media after the Dodgers’ Game 2 win.He was asked how much pride he took in throwing deep into a big game — and his response may have surprised some, given how successful his start was.Speaking through an interpreter, Yamamoto said he didn’t initially expect to go the distance, as his pitch count had started out on the high side when he ran into some early trouble with Toronto.But Yamamoto admitted: “I’m very happy I completed the game.”4 hours agoYamamoto could have kept going: RobertsGeoff NixonYamamoto threw 105 pitches in his complete-game effort for the Dodgers.Yet his manager said Yamamoto could have kept going, if his team needed him to.”I just feel that part of his DNA is to just perform at a high level in big spots, and control his heartbeat and just continue to make pitches,” said Dave Roberts in a post-game interview with reporters.”He could have went another, you know, 30, 40 pitches tonight.”4 hours agoDodgers manager lauds Yamamoto’s performanceGeoff NixonDodgers manager Dave Roberts did not lack for laudatory adjectives when describing Yamamoto’s complete-game performance in Game 2.”Outstanding, uber-competitive, special,” Roberts said, when asked by a reporter to describe Yamamoto’s work against the Blue Jays.”He was just locked-in tonight.”5 hours ago’A classic pitchers’ duel’Geoff NixonBlue Jays manager calls Game 2 of World Series a ‘classic pitchers’ duel’Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider said the Saturday’s game amounted to “a classic pitchers’ duel,” in many respects, between the Jays’ Kevin Gausman and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto.The Blue Jays got another solid performance from veteran starter Kevin Gausman.Gausman went six and two-thirds innings for Toronto, giving up three runs on four hits. He also struck out six Dodgers batters.He had held the Dodgers to just a single run over the first six innings before yielding a pair of solo home runs in the seventh.”Oh, man, Kev was really good,” said Schneider, when speaking to reporters after the Game 2 loss.The Jays manager said the game amounted to “a classic pitchers’ duel,” in many respects, between Gausman and Yamamoto, the Game 2 winner for the Dodgers.5 hours ago1st inning trouble for Yamamoto was ‘best chance’: SchneiderGeoff NixonToronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider (14) takes the ball from pitcher Louis Varland (77) in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the World Series. (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Images/Reuters Connect)Following the Game 2 loss, Blue Jays manager John Schneider was asked about how Toronto’s lineup had done trying to take on Yamamoto.The Jays skipper said his team had a first-inning rally — via a leadoff double from George Springer, immediately followed by a single from Nathan Lukes — that fizzled, which was a rare moment of vulnerability for Yamamoto.”That was probably our best chance — you know, first and third, and nobody out,” Schneider said. “After that, it was kind of few and far between.”Toronto scored a run against Yamamoto in the third inning, but that was the only run to come in for the Blue Jays in the 5-1 loss to the Dodgers.Schneider acknowledged Yamamoto’s “really good performance” against the Blue Jays in Game 2.5 hours agoDown but definitely not outMark GollomGavin Noronha is still happy after the Jays’ loss on Saturday night. (Mark Gollom/CBC)It was a much quieter scene at Toronto’s Nathan Philips Square tonight following the Jays’ Game 2 loss. Fans cleared out quickly, but some were taking the loss in stride “I knew it was going to be hard, it’s the Dodgers. I’m happy after two games it’s 1-1,” said Gavin Noronha.“Let’s go to L.A., do some business, win two games and bring it back to Toronto. I’m not worried.”Emad Ahmad said the Jays have been in worse situations before.“We’re a good team, we got to the World Series. I’m pretty optimistic.”5 hours agoDefending champion Dodgers are right back in itMyles DichterThis was never going to be easy.Now, the Blue Jays will head to Los Angeles for three games beginning Monday, and they must win at least one to force this World Series back to Toronto.Things can change quickly in the playoffs — and that’s exactly what happened in Game 2.It’s now a best-of-five, and home-field advantage belongs to the Dodgers.Toronto will send 41-year-old aging superstar Max Scherzer to the mound in Game 3 against another strong Dodgers starter in Tyler Glasnow.5 hours agoDodgers win in Game 2 ties up World Series at 1-1Geoff NixonThe Dodgers’ Game 2 win on Saturday tied up the World Series at 1-1.The Blue Jays won Friday’s Game 1 by a score of 11-4.After this, the series heads to Los Angeles.The next three games will be played there — on Monday, Tuesday, and then Wednesday.If a Game 6 is necessary, it will be held in Toronto on Friday, Oct. 31.5 hours agoDominant Yamamoto the story of Game 2Myles DichterLos Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) and catcher Will Smith (16) celebrate after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of the World Series. (Dan Hamilton/Imagn Images/Reuters)Yamamoto appeared to get stronger and stronger as the game progressed.Eventually, Yamamoto had his second-straight complete game of the post-season — and the first in the World Series in 10 years.The Japanese star, who signed a 12-year, $325 million US contract ahead of last season before he’d ever thrown an MLB pitch, dominated with all of his stuff, locating precisely and forcing a Blue Jays roster that struck out less than any other MLB team to whiff consistently.Yamamoto is likely in line to start Game 6 should the World Series get that far.His final Game 2 line? Nine innings, four hits, one run, eight strikeouts. It doesn’t get a whole lot better than that.
Dodgers defeat Jays 5-1 to even the World Series 1-1
