TORONTO – Will Smith and Max Muncy hit solo homers in the seventh inning to power the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night at Rogers Centre.

Toronto starter Kevin Gausman retired 17 batters in a row before Smith turned on a full-count pitch to give the Dodgers the lead. Muncy went deep two batters later.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto went the distance for the Dodgers, allowing one run and four hits while striking out eight.

The best-of-seven series is tied at one game apiece. Game 3 is scheduled for Monday at Dodger Stadium.

Los Angeles opened the scoring for the second straight night. Freddie Freeman hit a two-out double in the first inning and scored on a single by Smith.

In the third, Alejandro Kirk hit a sacrifice fly

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