Blue Jays Rookie Trey Yesavage Makes MLB History in World Series Opener

The game started the best possible way. Shohei Ohtani was the lead off man for the Dodgers and Yesavage struck him out. The Dodgers went three up, three down.

The second inning went differently. He issued a five-pitch walk to Dodgers catcher Will Smith and the allowed back-to-back-to-back singles, which scored a run. It also loaded the bases with one out. Yesavage bounced back by striking out Andy Pages and then induced an Ohtani groundout to Blue Jays first baseman to limit the damage to one run.

Yesavage had to fight through the third inning. He allowed the first two batters to walk, followed by single by Smith, which scored Los Angeles' second run. But, defense helped get him out of the jam. Dodgers baserunner Freddie Freeman was thrown out at third base on Smith's hit. Teoscar Hernandez grounded out and Max Muncy struck out to end the inning. But, by then Yesavage had thrown 71 pitches.

He showed Schneider that he deserved a fourth inning. Yesavage found his fastball again and he struck out the first two hitters, followed by inducing a fly out to wrap up the frame and his game.

Yesavage started the game strong and he ended the game in the same way. The Dodgers are the second-best offense in the Majors and despite some struggles he had a respectable outing for his seventh career MLB start. He finished the day with:

• An Ohtani strikeout to start the game
• A Max Muncy strikeout
• Five total strikeouts
• Four hits
• Two earned runs
• No homers
• Four full innings

Game 2 of the World Series takes place Saturday at Rogers Centre where the Jays look to take a 2-0 lead in the series before heading to Los Angeles.