One. Win. Away.

As the 2025 World Series heads back to Canada for Friday's Game 6, the Toronto Blue Jays need just one more victory to win the Fall Classic.

Behind back-to-back home runs by Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr . to lead off the game -- the first time that has happened in World Series history -- and a masterful pitching performance by record-setting rookie Trey Yesavage , they drubbed the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead.

Here's how the Blue Jays' victory went down, with our in-game analysis and postgame takeaways.

Key links: World Series schedule, results

Takeaways

Toronto Blue Jays 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Blue Jays lead series 3-2

It was over when ...: At some point in the early innings, any notion that

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