Trey Yesavage delivered a performance for the ages and Davis Schneider homered on the very first pitch of the night as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6–1 on Wednesday, moving within one victory of their first World Series championship since 1993.

The 22-year-old Yesavage, who made his major league debut in September, struck out 12 without issuing a walk – the first pitcher in World Series history to do so – while allowing one run on three hits across seven innings. The rookie right-hander, who began the year pitching before a few hundred fans in Class A ball, has now started and won two of Toronto’s three victories in the best-of-seven series.

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Best-of-seven series. All times Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Fri 24 Oct Game 1: Toronto Blue Jays 11, LA Dodgers 4

Sat 25 Oct Game 2: LA Dodgers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Mon 27 Oct Game 3: LA Dodgers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5 (18 innings)

Tue 28 Oct Game 4: Toronto Blue Jays 6, LA Dodgers 2

Wed 29 Oct Game 5: Toronto Blue Jays 6, LA Dodgers 1

Fri 31 Oct Game 6: LA Dodgers at Toronto Blue Jays, 8pm

Sat 1 Nov Game 7: LA Dodgers at Toronto Blue Jays, 8pm*

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Toronto’s hitters gave him breathing room almost immediately. On Blake Snell’s first pitch of the game, Schneider turned on a 97mph fastball and drove it over the left-field wall. Two pitches later, Vladimir Guerrero Jr followed with another blast to nearly the same spot. It marked the first time in World Series history that consecutive home runs opened a game, stunning the Dodger Stadium crowd before most had found their seats.

Yesavage then went to work. He struck out five consecutive batters between the second and third innings to set a rookie record before Kiké Hernández finally broke the streak, and the shutout, with a solo homer in the bottom of the third to make it 2–1. That was as close as Los Angeles would get.

In the fourth, Daulton Varsho tripled down the right-field line after Teoscar Hernández misplayed the ball, and Ernie Clement lifted a sacrifice fly to bring him home for a 3–1 lead. The Dodgers’ offensive struggles deepened from there. After scoring six runs in Monday’s 18-inning marathon, they’ve managed only four across the past 29 innings.

Addison Barger of the Blue Jays advances home to score a run on a wild pitch by Edgardo Henriquez during the seventh inning. Photograph: Sean M Haffey/Getty Images

Snell battled through six and two-thirds innings but couldn’t escape the seventh, when the Blue Jays loaded the bases and chased him after 109 pitches. Both runners he left behind came around to score – one on a wild pitch from reliever Edgardo Henriquez and another on Bo Bichette’s RBI single – to extend the lead to 5–1. Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s single in the eighth provided the final margin.

Yesavage exited to a standing ovation from the Toronto faithful who made the trip west, and the bullpen did the rest. Seranthony Domínguez and Jeff Hoffman each worked a scoreless inning to close it out, combining for three strikeouts while preserving the rookie’s masterpiece.

The Dodgers, who shuffled their lineup in search of a spark by moving Will Smith to the two-spot and dropping Mookie Betts to third, again found little traction. Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-4 and is now hitless in seven at-bats since reaching base a World Series-record nine times in Game 3.

Now up 3–2, Toronto return home with two chances to clinch their first title in 32 years. Game 6 is Friday night at Rogers Centre.