World Series Game 5 takeaways: Trey Yesavage, Blue Jays push Dodgers to brink of elimination

His 27 hits are already the most in a single postseason in Blue Jays history, and is also the second-most in MLB history, trailing only Randy Arozarena's 29 hits in 2020 as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays.

The legend of Trey Yesavage keeps growing

With his start on Wednesday night, Yesavage became the first pitcher since Cleveland's Jaret Wright in 1997 to make multiple World Series starts at the age of 22 years and 93 days or younger. While tying that piece of history, he tied another as well.

With his 10 strikeouts through the first five innings of Game 5, Yesavage became the first pitcher to post those kind of numbers in a World Series since the Dodgers' Sandy Koufax did it in the 1963 World Series against the New York Yankees. Koufax eventually struck out 15 Yankees in a complete-game Game 1 performance, while Yesavage finished with 12 (the most ever for a rookie in a World Series) in his 7.0 innings on Wednesday.

While Yesavage didn't log the complete game on Wednesday, he impressed in his first road postseason start, which just happened to come in the most pivotal game of the Fall Classic so far.

Dodgers' lineup tweaks didn't work

For Game 5, Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts moved Will Smith into the second spot of the order while shifting Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman down one spot. He also tried to shake up the bottom of the order by benching Andy Pages and inserting Alex Call.

All of those moves, however, didn't pay off as the Dodgers continued to struggle at the plate in the postseason. The top four batters in the Los Angeles lineup combined to go 1-for-15 on Wednesday with eight strikeouts, and the Dodgers totaled just four hits.