Toronto Blue Jays rookie Trey Yesavage couldn’t have picked a better time to deliver the game of his life. The 22-year-old kept a $300 million Los Angeles Dodgers lineup quiet at Dodger Stadium in a high-pressure Game 5 and helped the Blue Jays move one win away from their first championship since 1993.

The right-hander struck out 12 batters and walked none, setting a new record for most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in a World Series game. Facing a star-studded Dodgers lineup featuring Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman, he held Los Angeles to just one run on three hits.

While Trey Yesavage won the game and hearts of Blue Jays’ fans on the field, his biggest supporter was doing the same off it. His girlfriend, Taylor Frick, has been one of his loudest cheerleaders throughout the postsea

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