TORONTO – Twice this World Series, Kevin Gausman has gone out and delivered a truly dazzling performance on the mound.

Unfortunately for him and the Blue Jays, those two outings have both been negated by the brilliance of Yoshinobu Yamamoto from the other side. It happened in Game 2 , and the rematch in Game 6 produced a nearly identical result .

For five of his six innings pitched on Friday night at Rogers Centre, not only was Gausman perfect with no hits or walks allowed, he was downright filthy. He struck out eight batters through three innings, tying Corey Kluber (2016 Game 1) for the record for most strikeouts in the first three innings of a World Series game, with a splitter that had Dodgers hitters absolutely baffled.

But just like Game 2, one bad inning was all it took for

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