Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws another complete game as Dodgers even World Series with Blue Jays

For a team that looked shell-shocked 24 hours earlier under the dome of the Rogers Centre, the Los Angeles Dodgers rediscovered their rhythm on Saturday night. 

They found it in the sharp turns of Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s breaking ball, in the sound of Will Smith’s bat cracking through the northern air, and in the quiet resilience that championship teams seem to summon when the moment demands it.

Smith knocked in three, and Yamamoto dazzled on the game’s grandest stage yet again, as the Dodgers evened the 2025 World Series at one game apiece with a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays — a taut, beautifully constructed contest that shifted on precision, not power.

It began, fittingly, with two outs. Freddie Freeman doubled down the line in right, a vintage swing from a hitter who lives in