After being sidelined by injury at the start of the playoffs, Will Smith is rediscovering his offensive prowess with the Dodgers three wins away from a World Series title.

Yet two swings by Will Smith did, and that was the very narrow margin between Gausman and Los Angeles Dodgers stalwart Yoshinobu Yamamoto, as Smith’s go-ahead home run in the seventh inning broke up a fantastic pitching duel and Yamamoto pitched a four-hitter, lifting the Dodgers to an eventual 5-1 victory at Rogers Centre.

Kevin Gausman pitched well for the Blue Jays in Game 2 but the Dodgers got to the veteran starter in the seventh inning.

"I’m just trying not to do too much,” said the catcher with the fifth-highest slugging percentage this century.

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

The Toronto Blue Jays are going to rely on superstar first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to carry the load offensively against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series.

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Yoshinobu Yamamoto went the distance in World Series Game 2 on Saturday. It was a contest of which starter would blink first, and Yamamoto never did. Dodgers catcher Will Smith hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning, and the Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 5-1 to even this series as it shifts to Los Angeles for Monday’s Game 3.