Dodgers beat Blue Jays in Game 2, tie World Series 1-1
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto Throws Complete Game to Lead Dodgers to World Series Game 2 WinAdditionally, he became the first player to throw a World Series complete game since Johnny Cueto with the Kanasas City Royals in 2015 and the first pitcher with multiple postseason complete games since 2014,
The series momentum, which belonged to Toronto after the Jays’ 11-4 blowout victory in the opener, now shifts solidly back to the Dodgers, with the next three games at Dodger Stadium.
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How the World Series complete game went missing for a decade – and why the Dodgers might revive it
The Yankees used their Hall of Fame closer, Goose Gossage, to finish that World Series, and since then, just five starters have gone the distance in the clincher: Scott McGregor, Bret Saberhagen, Orel Hershiser, Jack Morris and Josh Beckett, in 2003.
There have been 39 winner-take-all Game 5s in Division Series history since the best-of-five series was added to the postseason docket in 1995, when MLB expanded to allow a Wild Card team from each league.
The Dodgers lost to the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, but they reminded fans they'll return home for playoff games.
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