LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers head to Toronto facing a daunting task, needing two wins in two road games to stay alive, after falling 6-1 in Game 5 on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium to a Blue Jays team that has outplayed them thus far in the World Series.

Trey Yesavage brought the hammer in Game 5, riding a dominant slider and splitter to 12 strikeouts in seven innings, allowing only one run.

“We are always a team that gets starters 70 to 90 pitches by the fourth,” first baseman Freddie Freeman said before Game 5. ”We got to do that again and just build innings, keep putting pressure on ’em, and not have quick 1-2-3 innings.”

Yesavage didn’t get to 90 pitches until the seventh inning, allowing only three hits, one of them a solo home run by Kiké Hernández, who made his first start in cen

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