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Yoshinobu Yamamoto saw a fly ball by third baseman Max Muncy end another incredible pitching performance, this time to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 of the World Series.
Yamamoto completed his second consecutive complete postseason game and joined rare MLB company in doing so.
Yamamoto, who led the way for Los Angeles in a 5-1 victory to even the “Fall Classic” at one game apiece, allowed just four hits and one earned run while striking out eight Blue Jays batters.
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (18) throws a pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays in the ninth inning during Game 2 of the 2025 MLB World Series at Rogers Center. (Dan Hamilton/Image Images)
“Outstanding, super competitive, special,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of his star pitcher. “Yeah, he was just locked up tonight.”
The pitcher’s much-needed performance for the Dodgers led to Yamamoto becoming the first pitcher since Curt Schilling to throw consecutive complete games in the postseason.
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Schilling, who pitched for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001, did it three times in a row, as he cashed in Games 1 and 5 of the NLDS, as well as Game 3 of the NLCS.
The last complete postseason game before Yamamoto’s on Sunday was by Justin Verlander, who played it with the Houston Astros during their controversial 2017 World Series-winning season.
The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays will meet in the 2025 World Series. (FOX)
The start wasn’t necessarily the best for Yamamoto, as the leadoff hitter reached base for the Blue Jays in each of the first three innings. In fact, George Springer and Nathan Lukes were runners on first and third with no outs in the bottom of the first inning.
But Yamamoto got out of that jam and others, with his only blemish a sacrifice fly given to Alejandro Kirk in his nine innings of work. The fastball-splitter combination was working well for him again, while his 74 mph curveball also fooled hitters all night.
With Yamamoto setting the tone on the mound for Los Angeles, Kevin Gausman was doing the same for the Blue Jays. But that was until the top of the seventh inning when Will Smith and Muncy went to the yard to make the game 3-1.
The Dodgers would add two more runs to give Yamamoto a cushion, but even with the two-run lead, he seemed so focused that those runs never mattered in the end.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts against the Toronto Blue Jays during the eighth inning in game two of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Center on October 25, 2025 in Toronto, Ontario. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
“He was that good,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said, according to Sports Illustrated. “He made it hard for us to work him. He was in the zone, splitting in and out of the zone. It was a really good performance by him.”
The World Series now moves to Dodger Stadium this week with Game 3 at 8 pm ET on Monday night.
