Dave Roberts states Yoshinobu Yamamoto could have gone ’30-40′ more pitches in Game 2

The Los Angeles Dodgers bounced back from a Game 1 loss in the World Series with a 5-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night at the Rogers Center, a one-game evening series.

It was a Japanese star Yoshinobu Yamamoto who led the way with his masterful performance. He threw his second straight complete game in the postseason. The 105-pitch effort allowed the Los Angeles All-Star right-hander just one run on four hits, walking none and striking out eight.

Notably, Yamamoto retired the last 20 batters he faced, including a clean strikeout in the eighth inning. This performance was reminiscent of his NLCS outing against the Milwaukee Brewers, where he went nine innings, allowed one run on three hits and struck out seven.

Full game review of the 27-year-old pulled high marks from the Dodgers manager Dave Roberts.

“I just feel like it’s part of his DNA to just play at a high level in big spots, control his heart rate and just keep making pitches,” Roberts said after the game. “He could have gone, you know, 30, 40 times tonight.”

Dave Roberts drops some COOL quotes about Yoshinobu Yamamoto after Game 2 of the World Series🔥

“He said before the series that losing was not an option and he looked like that tonight.”

“Players who have the weight of the country on their shoulders, that’s pressure.

“He could have gone… pic.twitter.com/4c5obdbkfS

— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) October 26, 2025

Yamamoto became the first Los Angeles pitcher to throw consecutive complete games in the postseason since Orel Hershiser in 1988 and the first major league pitcher to throw consecutive complete games in the postseason since Curt Schilling in 2001.

The Dodgers struggled early against Toronto ace Kevin Gausman, who retired 17 straight batters after allowing an RBI single in the first inning. Freddie Freeman scored the game’s first run on Will Smith’s single, but the Dodgers remained tied 1-1 until the seventh inning. Will Smith launched his first postseason home run of the season, soon followed by Max Muncie’s two-out solo shot, forcing Gausman out of the game.

Los Angeles added an insurance run in the eighth inning, with Andy Pages scoring on a wild pitch and Smith driving in Shohei Ohtani on a double.

With the series tied, the Fall Classic returns to Dodger Stadium, where the Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow will start Game 3 against Max Schetzer on Monday.