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00:00In Rocky IV, Ivan Drago gets cut, and Rocky goes in the corner and says, look, he's a man, he bleeds.
00:08The Blue Jays staggered the Dodgers, cut them a little bit.
00:13What do you think that means for Game 2?
00:15Flo, I hate to play 1-Up, but I'm going to go to the original.
00:18Rocky 1, end of the first round, the trainer Duke says to Apollo Creed, he don't think it's a damn show.
00:27He thinks it's a damn fight.
00:29Yes, he does.
00:30Last night, we realized this wasn't going to be a four-game coronation.
00:36This is going to be a damn fight.
00:38The Blue Jays demolished the Dodgers in Game 1 of the World Series.
00:4311-4 was the score yesterday, giving Toronto a 1-0 lead as it tries to cap off a nice pair of games here at home to start the Fall Classic.
00:5232 years between World Series games here in Toronto, but was it ever worth the wait?
01:00The Blue Jays with one of the biggest innings in World Series history last night at Game 1 to win the opener.
01:08And the fans have packed the Rodgers center again, hoping for more tonight here in Game 2.
01:14Kevin Gaussman, the ace of these Blue Jays in his 13th year in the Major Leagues, makes his World Series debut.
01:21Yeah, he's waited a long time for this, and he's going to throw his fastball split combination the majority of the time, and he'll mix in a slider.
01:27And I'm intrigued about tonight's game to see, with all the matchups he's had against these players, and he's had a lot of them, does he go away from using a high percentage of splitters early and rely on that fastball?
01:40That will be what I'm looking for.
01:42Ohtani got him for a home run, but if you keep the ball away from Ohtani, you're going to get him out just about more times than not.
01:490-2 pitch.
01:50It's a fastball that was left over the plate, poked to the left field corner.
01:54Lucas is there.
01:55A lot of the play with that, but got away with it.
01:58A deep drive, but there's one out.
02:00Betts is one for four.
02:01The walk and a run scored last night.
02:03He does have hits in three straight games, hitting .289 this postseason.
02:06But a lot of that work was done in the wild card round against the Reds.
02:09Down the right field line.
02:10Bargers over there.
02:11Plenty of room.
02:12Two up and two down in the first.
02:14And it brings up Freddie Freeman.
02:16Here's a guy the Dodgers are trying to get going.
02:180-3 yesterday.
02:19Just two for 14 in this postseason.
02:22Only one run batted in.
02:23And he drove himself in.
02:25A home run in Milwaukee.
02:26Half of the pitches in this inning coming to him.
02:28This is the eighth.
02:29Hooks it down the line.
02:31He went down to get a splitter and popped it into the corner for extra bases.
02:35Freddie Freeman with a two-out double.
02:38As Freddie Freeman wins the battle against Gossman, a two-out stand-up double.
02:42And a chance for Will Smith.
02:44Knocked in a run yesterday.
02:46389 over a five-game hitting streak.
02:48Up to middle.
02:49Base hit center field.
02:50And the Dodgers with two out in the first inning.
02:53Get on the board.
02:55A double from Freeman.
02:56A single from Smith.
02:57And it's 1-0.
02:59Quickly off of the deck after they got beaten down in game one.
03:03Good piece of hitting.
03:04Slider away.
03:05And you go with it.
03:07Right up the middle.
03:07Two quick outs and then a battled at-bat by Freddie Freeman just like that.
03:13Dodgers on the board first.
03:14Best two-out team in baseball during the regular season.
03:17Flexing that muscle right here.
03:19Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
03:20Second in the National League behind Paul Skeens with a 2-49 during the regular season.
03:25And after his complete game against the Brewers, 183 in the postseason.
03:30Yeah, good luck trying to eliminate one of these pitches.
03:32They're all good.
03:33And the Blue Jays have never seen him, really.
03:36Only two players on their roster.
03:38Have faced him.
03:38Well, quite a few things change based on if it's a righty or a lefty.
03:41They're facing.
03:42One thing remains the same.
03:43That man there will leave things off.
03:45Left a fastball.
03:46Middle-middle.
03:47And it was pounded.
03:49Springer turns the corner.
03:51Throw from Hernandez.
03:52Not in time.
03:53Lead-off double.
03:54Boy, a two-strike pitch that was on a tee for Springer.
03:58Let's go.
04:00Says Nathan Lucas comes up to the plate.
04:02Tying run in scoring position.
04:03Flexes one.
04:04Shadow center.
04:05They're at it again.
04:07First and third.
04:08Nobody out.
04:10They just don't let up.
04:11They don't.
04:12They're confident.
04:12They play great at home.
04:13We've documented this all the way throughout.
04:16Two more hits yesterday for Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
04:19He's hitting 522 over his last six games.
04:22Three times as many extra base hits in these playoffs as he has strikeouts.
04:26You're not supposed to be able to be both things.
04:30The big bruising slugger and the guy that refuses to budge with two strikes.
04:35Curve gets him swinging.
04:38Just the fourth strikeout of the playoffs of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
04:41So you get foul ball after foul ball on the splitter and the sinker.
04:45And then you come in with a curveball, the first one of the night, and that was a dandy.
04:49Alejandro Kirk, three for three with a homerun and a walk in game one.
04:53Here's a 2-1 pitch.
04:54To first and caught by Freeman.
04:56On the fly.
04:57Both runners back to the bag.
04:59Two out.
05:00And a chance for Yamamoto to get out of this unscathed.
05:03Here's an interesting matchup coming here, John.
05:05Dalton Varshow, the best change-up hitter, change-up and splitter hitter in baseball.
05:11Yamamoto's a strike away from getting out of this inning that was first and third.
05:14Nobody out without a run.
05:16There it goes.
05:17It's a curve that falls in for strike three.
05:20And Varshow, like a house by the side of the road, watches it.
05:23And the Jays, watch a scoring opportunity in this first inning, slipped through their fingertips.
05:28Well, upside down first innings for these teams.
05:31Gaussman retired the first two and then gave up a run.
05:34Yamamoto gave up two base runners before he got an out and got out of it.
05:38He's retired the first two as he did in the first inning.
05:41And he squelched it before a two-out rally here.
05:44Payoff from Gaussman.
05:45He's down and a fastball.
05:46And there's that 1-2-3 inning.
05:49Ernie Clement leads off for the Blue Jays.
05:51Ernie Clement pops the first pitch that he sees.
05:55Straight up.
05:56Straight down.
05:57Freddie Freeman.
05:58Dropped the ball.
05:59Oh, my goodness.
06:01It was in front of the mound.
06:03Yamamoto was pointing to the sky.
06:05Will Smith, Max Muncy, Freddie Freeman.
06:08All four of them were right there.
06:10And nobody could make the catch.
06:12No, just poorly played.
06:13Now the Blue Jays have to take advantage of that.
06:16That is an absolute gift from the Dodgers.
06:18Full count for Barger.
06:20Yamamoto gives him strike three.
06:2397 at the knees down the middle.
06:25Already three strikeouts for Yamamoto.
06:28First pitch to Connor Faleffi.
06:30Fly to center field.
06:31A routine fly ball.
06:32Andy Pajas has the read and he makes the catch.
06:34So out number two on one pitch for Yamamoto.
06:37That sort of helps make up for the misplay earlier.
06:39Two outs in the second inning.
06:41Andres Jimenez, the nine-hitter.
06:43Nine-hitter, but he knocked in another run yesterday.
06:45He's third on the team in the postseason.
06:47Shot to short.
06:48Betts down to get it.
06:50To his feet and to first in time.
06:52Mookie Betts.
06:53What a transformation from right field to short.
06:56He helps his buddy over at first.
06:58Have this be one that he can move on from.
07:00That little misplay to begin the inning.
07:02And the Blue Jays second time through get to Yoshinobu.
07:05Yamamoto.
07:05George Springer got drilled by a first pitch fastball from Yamamoto.
07:10Been a painful last week or so for George Springer.
07:13Now he gets hit up by the hand.
07:15Well, Johnny, talk about how nice a one-two-three inning is to sprinkle in as a pitcher in the postseason.
07:20How about three innings and the leadoff man on all three?
07:23Nathan Lucas.
07:24Lucas one for one with a single.
07:26Lucas so tough with two strikes.
07:28Down this time on the high fastball.
07:31Fourth K for Yamamoto.
07:32And now Vlad Jr.
07:33Struck him out the first time.
07:35Got three swings and misses.
07:37That matched the high for an entire game in this postseason for Guerrero.
07:42Drilled down the left field line.
07:43Towards the corner and off the wall.
07:45Hernandez plays the carom.
07:47Guns into second to hold him to a single.
07:50First and third for the Blue Jays with one out.
07:52Hits so hard, Vladdy stays at first on a good play by Kike Hernandez.
07:58But for the second time in three innings, Blue Jays have first and third with less than two outs.
08:04Blue Jays are shouting for that baseball.
08:06Vladdy McGuire Jr. has just passed John Alderud for the most hits in a single postseason in Blue Jays history.
08:13Another chance for the Blue Jays.
08:14And again, it's on Kirk's plate.
08:16He was up in the same situation in the first inning.
08:19Lined out.
08:19Yamamoto got out of that jam.
08:21Sends a high drive to center field that is plenty deep enough to tie up game two.
08:26Here comes George Springer.
08:28It's 1-1.
08:32Alejandro Kirk gets it done.
08:34The Blue Jays have been leaning on Yamamoto from the start.
08:37And they finally break through.
08:39Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, and Teoscar Hernandez will hit for the Dodgers against Kevin Gossman.
08:45This inning, just another ridiculously challenging inning presented by this Dodger lineup.
08:50Well, if you make your pitches, you can get these guys out.
08:53Kevin Gossman is looking like he has command of all of his pitches so far in this ballgame.
08:57He's retired the last 70s face.
08:59Gossman, in a good way, almost in autopilot.
09:01Two out spaces empty.
09:02And he's ahead of his former teammate, Teoscar Hernandez.
09:05Nothing and two.
09:06Cold strike three.
09:07A splinter in the zone to freeze Hernandez and end the top of the fourth.
09:14Kevin Gossman has retired 10 straight.
09:16Just recorded his third strikeout.
09:19And he keeps it a 1-1 game.
09:21Kevin Gossman back on the hill.
09:22He's retired 10 straight.
09:24Allowed only two base runners.
09:26Back-to-back clean innings.
09:27He's gotten six outs on 13 pitches total.
09:30But he'll face an old nemesis in Max Muncy here in the fifth.
09:34Swing and a miss.
09:35He got him.
09:36Gossman's cooking right now.
09:38His fourth strikeout.
09:39Got him on a splitter.
09:41One out in the top of the fifth.
09:42Number seven hitter in the Dodger order.
09:44Enrique Hernandez is up.
09:46The 1-2.
09:48Right back there to strike him out.
09:50Back-to-back K's to open the fifth.
09:52When I said the height of the fastball is going to be the most important part of tonight.
09:56Between two pitchers and then you see a pitch in that same area and there's just no way.
10:01He has to hang that pitch for the hitter to have any chance because now he's trying to protect two areas.
10:06The location and the movement.
10:09Gossman's punched out three straight going back to the fourth inning and with two outs in the fifth.
10:13He offers home to Tommy Edmund.
10:14Tommy Edmund hooks one in the air to right field.
10:16Barger's going back with room.
10:19Another 1-2-3 inning for Kevin Gossman who's not given up a base runner since the first.
10:25After the first 1-2-3 inning for Yamamoto it has been constant stress right from a leadoff double from George Springer.
10:32There wasn't a runner in scoring position the entire game in the championship series when he went the distance against Milwaukee.
10:39Right from the start today he's had that.
10:41He has and he's done a great job wiggling in and out of.
10:43He's thrown a lot of strikes.
10:4523 pitches in that first inning.
10:47The Dodgers had to be fearing a repeat of last night when Snell had to throw 29 but just 10 pitches per inning since.
10:53Bounce back to him.
10:54Yamamoto's got it.
10:55Takes his time.
10:56Throws to first and ends the inning.
10:59It's another 1-2-3 inning.
11:01Yamamoto's gotten his last six outs on 14 pitches.
11:05Since giving up the two two-out hits and a run in the first he has not allowed a base runner.
11:09He's retired 13 in a row and turned a very very tough lineup into a pretty efficient five innings.
11:16One pitch one out on a fastball.
11:18And now Otani.
11:19Otani is still looking for that pitch middle in.
11:22And he's hit some fly ball to the left and a pop-up.
11:26On the hands.
11:28Foul ground.
11:28Clement and Kirk.
11:30Ernie Clement to get Otani.
11:32And so here is Kevin Gossman at five and two-thirds which is where four of his six postseason starts with the Blue Jays have ended.
11:41Well nobody in the pen and he's got a different look and 15 straight batters will do that for your manager to not give a reason to even get anybody up.
11:50So an impressive outing and he knew he was going to have to be great.
11:53When you go up and it's another great hot pitcher even though you're not facing him you know you can't give up many runs.
11:58Betts pops it up Guerrero's over.
12:02He has room.
12:05Stumbling to his backside to finish off another one two three inning.
12:11Boy have you ever seen somebody throw his gum with such attitude as Kevin Gossman does?
12:18Feeling himself.
12:20Tied up in game two.
12:22A pitcher's duel.
12:23Yamamoto for the Dodgers is retired eight straight.
12:25Kevin Gossman double that 16 in a row retired back to the Dodgers first inning run.
12:31Grounds one up the middle.
12:32Ricochets to second.
12:33Tommy Edmund from short center field throws him out.
12:36I don't know if that got a piece of Yamamoto or at least kicked off of the mound.
12:39Not a simple play.
12:41One gone in the six.
12:42Looks like it got all mound.
12:44Here's the man responsible for the Blue Jays first run.
12:47Alejandro Kerr.
12:48A curve gets him to wave and miss.
12:51Yoshinobu Yamamoto with his fifth strikeout of the game.
12:54Against this deadly Toronto offense.
12:57Blue Jays do not have a base runner since a one out single from Guerrero in the third.
13:01Shadow center.
13:02Betts is there.
13:03Three up.
13:04Three down again.
13:05That's 11 in a row retired by Yamamoto.
13:08Your turn Kevin Gossman.
13:10Kevin Gossman has finally broken through here in his seventh postseason start.
13:14First time he's pitched into the seventh inning.
13:16Who blinks first?
13:17Same question asked a different way.
13:19Who has that big swing?
13:20This has the kind of feel to it.
13:22That would be one swing to decide it.
13:23You're talking about two of the best teams from runs scoring from the sixth inning on.
13:28Blue Jays were the best.
13:29And the Dodgers were second.
13:31The 3-2.
13:33High drive.
13:34Deep to left field.
13:36It's Smith with a big swing.
13:38Into the second deck.
13:40He's given the Dodgers the lead in the seventh.
13:42His first extra base hit of the postseason couldn't have come at a better time for L.A.
13:48And one of the first pitch location mistakes for Gossman.
13:52You cannot miss middle in.
13:54Short arms.
13:55Compact swing.
13:57Loves that pitch inside.
13:59And he leaked his fastball for the first time in the wrong area.
14:03Dodgers have not had a base runner since the first inning.
14:06Then bang.
14:07Normally stoic Dodger catcher.
14:10Any bit of fire and emotion you've got hidden under there is going to come to the surface in October.
14:15The Yamamoto constant stress in the early innings.
14:18But three straight 1-2-3 innings.
14:21And finally some backing from his offense.
14:23Teams that out-homer their opponent in this postseason are 25-5.
14:28And the Dodgers are the first big fly of game two.
14:312-1.
14:322-out.
14:32Max Muncy.
14:33On a 2-2.
14:34Muncy swings and pushes.
14:35A high fly ball.
14:37Left field carrying back.
14:38Does it have enough?
14:39This ball is gone!
14:40Done!
14:42Max Muncy sends one into the Blue Jay bullpen.
14:46The second blast of the seventh inning.
14:50And the Dodgers have doubled their lead.
14:52That pitch needed to be up.
14:54And it was down.
14:55And even though he was late, he's strong enough to hit the ball to all parts of the park.
15:01Watch where this pitch is.
15:02That pitch is that bell tie needs to be up higher to get that above the barrel of the bat.
15:07And he goes the other way.
15:09Two home runs from the Dodgers in the seventh inning.
15:12Ending the longest postseason start from Kevin Gaussman, who had not given up a base runner since the first.
15:18He gets a well-deserved hand.
15:20But right now the story, the Dodgers try to get this series back to L.A.
15:24Tied up.
15:25Trying to defend their title.
15:27Kevin Gaussman blinks first.
15:293-1 Dodgers.
15:30Yamamoto back to the mound.
15:31His pitch count is in order.
15:3471 pitches to get through six innings.
15:3748 of them strikes.
15:39And if I'm Dave Roberts and the Dodgers at this point, I'm starting to think about the best path forward is just letting this guy go the distance again.
15:4623 pitches in the first inning.
15:48Is it just 74 now in the seventh?
15:50And John Schneider looking for a spark offensively.
15:53He's going to go to his bench.
15:55Pinch hitting for Isaiah Kiner-Falefa.
15:58Bo Pechette.
15:58Trying to start something with two gone.
16:01Trying to start anything against Yamamoto.
16:03To bats it short.
16:04Backhand stab.
16:06Lobs it across.
16:07And three ground ball outs.
16:09Yamamoto with 14 in a row.
16:11Retired.
16:12Sniffing it again.
16:13Sniffing the finish line.
16:15And Andy Pajas, as we told you, is due.
16:17And you see the Dodgers' first base dugout to a man.
16:20Everybody applauding because they know what Pajas has been working.
16:23He's been working extra.
16:24So, a runner on for Shohei Ohtani, who's hitless so far tonight.
16:29Ohtani breaks his bat on a base hit to right.
16:32Back-to-back singles for Pajas and Ohtani.
16:34Throw behind Pajas, who almost got backpicked there by Barger.
16:38Barger's got a cannon.
16:40It looks like he got back.
16:41I mean, this guy, 98 miles an hour, he can throw a ball.
16:45And got back.
16:46Dodgers are at first and second with one away.
16:48Looking for some insurance here with Mookie Betts coming up.
16:51Here's the payoff.
16:52Outside, ball four.
16:53Load the bases for the Dodgers.
16:56Going to make a pitching change here with the bases loaded in the eighth.
16:59Freddie Freeman's coming up with a chance to break open game two.
17:02Yeah, and for Hoffman, he's going to try and get the ground ball to double play.
17:06What about Freddie Freeman against Hoffman?
17:08Well, he's two for seven.
17:09And the two, a double and a home run.
17:12And comes in and skips away from Kirk.
17:14So, Pajas is going to race in from third.
17:17All runners move up a base.
17:19And the Dodgers have another run.
17:20Wow, and a wild pitch.
17:22And Kirk was not able to really smother the ball.
17:26It almost hit Freeman to begin with.
17:28I think Kirk initially thought it did hit Freddie Freeman.
17:30Because he was slow to get up from his crouch as the ball dribbled toward his own dugout.
17:35Now they're going to walk him intentionally.
17:37Now Will Smith with the bases loaded.
17:39It's Smith's home run that broke the tie last inning.
17:42Bouncing ball to short.
17:43Could get him out of the inning.
17:44There's one over to first.
17:46Not in time.
17:47And a run comes to the back door.
17:49Otanian to score as Will Smith is safe at first.
17:54And Menes could have come home to get a runner.
17:56I'm not so sure that was the wisest decision when you're down three.
18:00You've got to be absolutely sure you can turn this.
18:03This is a long underhand toss.
18:05And that's just too long.
18:07The play would have been to come home for sure.
18:09So, now it's five to one.
18:10And Will Smith is driven in three.
18:13Doubles his total for the postseason.
18:15Teo is due.
18:160 for 3.
18:16He has struck out three times tonight.
18:180-2 to the play.
18:19Runner takes off from first.
18:21A swing and a miss.
18:21Strike three.
18:22Dodgers get two against the pen in the eighth.
18:25And Yoshinobu Yamamoto has retired 14 in a row.
18:28Could he be headed for yet another complete game?
18:31He's coming off the first complete game in the playoffs in eight years.
18:35Now eyeing his second in a row.
18:37The 1-2 pitch.
18:38He got him swinging.
18:40Struck him out with the curve.
18:42Curve ball since the first inning has really been, I think, helping to be a game changer.
18:47Can't just sit on a fastball.
18:49Can't just sit on the splitter.
18:50Strikes out.
18:51Springer with a fastball.
18:53That thing blazing to the top of the zone.
18:55Yamamoto's seven.
18:56He has taken a great offense.
18:59Maybe not early on.
19:00But since then, just put him away.
19:02It's 1-2 to Lucas.
19:04It's a fastball to the knees to get him looking.
19:07He strikes out the side in the eighth.
19:10What a performance.
19:12Yoshinobu Yamamoto take a bow in game two.
19:16The Dodgers five.
19:17The Jays one.
19:18L.A.'s three outs away from tying this series up.
19:22Something special brewing here for Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
19:25Trying to join the likes of Oral Hershiser to deal back-to-back complete game wins in the postseason.
19:30And you've got to go back to that 1988 epic run from Oral to find the last guy that has done what Yamamoto's trying to do in a Dodger uniform.
19:38Almost impossibly.
19:39He's trying to do it against this lineup.
19:42This lineup that, coming into the game, had the number one slugging percentage of any lineup in postseason history.
19:49Curve off the end of the bat.
19:50Freeman to first.
19:52One away in the nine.
19:53When you get awkward swings from Vladimir Guerrero Jr., that'll tell you that this guy is really, really good on the mound.
19:58Kirk sends a line drive to center field.
20:01Justin Dean is there.
20:03Two gone in the ninth.
20:04Well, I've mentioned it several times.
20:06It would have been almost a decade since anybody had pitched a complete game in the postseason.
20:11Yamamoto, an out away from doing it, back-to-back start.
20:14Standing out like a beautiful sore thumb.
20:16The one-two pitch.
20:18Popped up.
20:19Left side.
20:21Yamamoto goes the distance again.
20:24World Series mastery.
20:26Yoshinobu Yamamoto, game two of the World Series against the Blue Jays, has thrown a complete game, retiring the final 20 that he faces.
20:38Nine strikeouts, no walks, simply dazzling.
20:42The Dodgers take game two by a final of five to one, and even this best-of-seven series, one game apiece.
20:50Yeah.
20:51Japanese- runs.
20:51Jim's.
20:51客 vous.
20:52To have you since felt.
20:52Amen.
20:54Bye.
20:56爱 you.
20:59Bye.
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