To win the pennant for the first time in a generation, only to be lined up against a defending champion with the sport’s most loaded roster, is to be simultaneously touted and doubted, as these 2025 Toronto Blue Jays can attest.

After conceding a run in the first inning, Blue Jays' starting pitcher Kevin Gausman has been untouchable. He retired 13 straight, starting with a strikeout to Teoscar Hernandez to end the top of the first, to getting Tommy Edman to fly out to center field to end the fifth.

Only two of Toronto's hitters had ever faced the Dodgers' ace, who stymied the Blue Jays with his arsenal and delivery.

Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto will take the mound opposite Toronto righty Kevin Gausman on Saturday night in Toronto.

A dominant Yoshinobu Yamamoto and timely home runs carried the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday to tie the World Series 1-1.

Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman was solid in his World Series debut. That was nowhere near good enough against Los Angeles ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

Toronto Blue Jays infielder Bo Bichette loved hearing Rogers Centre's chants towards Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani.

Why Kevin Gausman taps his foot a bunch before he throws every pitch for Blue Jays originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. If you're tuned in to Game 2 of the World Series, you've noticed this. Kevin Gausman taps his foot, a lot.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter for his second consecutive complete game, the first in the World Series since 2015, and the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 to tie their best-of-seven matchup at one game apiece.