An elite start from Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and a pair of seventh-inning homers helped the Los Angeles Dodgers strike back to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday, knotting up the World Series 1-1.

Kevin Gausman had retired 17 straight batters before Will Smith and Max Muncy each smashed solo shots off Toronto’s starter to break open a 1-1 game, tying the best-of-seven series as it swings to Los Angeles.

But Dodgers starter Yamamoto had a phenomenal playoff performance, sitting down 20 Blue Jays in a row. The Japanese pitcher allowed four hits and one run, while punching out eight while pitching all nine innings.

How the Blue Jays made it uncool, again, to strike out

Game 2 was a very different game from Friday’s Game 1, when the Jays ran Dodgers starter

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