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’s 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

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