After opening the 2025 Fall Classic with a bang, the Toronto Blue Jays were brought back to earth on Saturday night by a historic complete-game effort from Los Angeles Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Yamamoto became the first pitcher to go the distance in a World Series game since Johnny Cueto did so for the Kansas City Royals in 2015, lifting the Dodgers to a 5-1 victory that will send this best-of-seven to the West Coast tied at one.

Toronto’s dominant offensive showing just a night prior made the 27-year-old right-hander’s performance all the more impressive.

The Blue Jays went from 11 runs, 14 hits, three homers and four strikeouts against five different Dodgers pitchers in Game 1, to just one run, four hits, no big flies and eight strikeouts against Yamamoto all by himself in G

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