The Dodger starter threw the first World Series complete game in a decade to even the series with the Jays at one game apiece.

After getting Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to ground out and Kirk to line out, Yamamoto got Daulton Varsho on a pop out to third base, finishing his second consecutive complete game. He’s the first pitcher to throw complete games in back-to-back postseason starts since Curt Schilling did it in 2001 for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Tonight was a battle of the split-finger fastballs, Kevin Gausman and Yoshinobu Yamamoto deploying the splitter with the highest and third-highest usage rates among qualified starters in the regular season,

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 on Saturday night to tie their best-of-seven matchup at one game apiece.

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