LOS ANGELES -- With an instant onslaught of home runs and a rookie pitching performance for the ages, the Blue Jays regained control of this World Series and will head home to Rogers Centre with a chance Friday to clinch their first championship in a generation.

Backed by back-to-back blasts from Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the first two at-bats of the ballgame, Trey Yesavage’s remarkable rookie run continued with a dazzling, dominant performance, as the Jays beat the Dodgers, 6-1, in Game 5 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

In any best-of-seven series tied 2-2, the Game 5 winner has won the series 46 of 68 times (67.6%). In series with the current 2-3-2 format, teams taking a 3-2 lead by winning Game 5 on the road – before returning home for Games 6 and 7 – have gon

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