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The Toronto Blue Jays are one win away from making the World Series for the first time since 1993.
The Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday night to take a commanding 3-2 series lead.
Game 6 of the Fall Classic is at 8 p.m. ET on Friday and will be played at the Rogers Center in Toronto and will be broadcast exclusively on FOX.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays will meet in the 2025 World Series. (FOX)
The Blue Jays rallied to take Games 4 and 5 after losing Game 3 in heartbreaking fashion. The Dodgers pulled away from the Blue Jays in the 18th inning on a Freddie Freeman home run to win 6–5.
Game 3 was tied for the longest World Series game in MLB history.
But as the Blue Jays have done all season and throughout the postseason, they fought back. Their relentless offense went to work, wearing down the Dodgers pitching staff in Games 4 and 5.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates his solo home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the first inning of Game 5 of the 2025 World Series in Los Angeles. The game took place on October 29, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Blue Jays star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been sensational throughout the postseason. The 26-year-old has a .415 batting average with eight home runs and 15 RBI in 16 postseason games.
Guerrero has a hit in every game in the World Series and has hit two big home runs.
The Dodgers will send Yoshinobu Yamamoto out in Game 6 to extend the series and save their season. Yamamoto is responsible for one of the most brilliant performances in the World Series thus far, throwing a complete game in the Dodgers’ Game 2 victory.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts against the Toronto Blue Jays during the eighth inning of Game 2 of the 2025 World Series at Rogers Centre. The game took place in Toronto, Ontario on October 25, 2025. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Yamamoto yielded just one run on four hits while striking out eight Blue Jays hitters in the Dodgers’ 5-1 win in Game 2. Los Angeles is counting on Yamamoto to deliver another gem on Friday.
Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman with hopes of winning the World Series on Friday. Gausman matched up with Yamamoto in game 2 and hit well but didn’t match Yamamoto.
Gausman went six 2/3 innings and gave up three runs on four hits while striking out six Dodgers hitters and taking the loss.
