The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing a must-win situation on Wednesday night.

It's tough to say it is but after losing 6-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 4 of the 2025 World Series on Tuesday night, the Dodgers need to get a victory.

Blake Snell will get the start for Los Angeles against Trey Yesavage for the Blue Jays. It's a rematch of the Game 1 pitching matchup. Of course, Dodgers fans know that Toronto walloped the Dodgers 11-4. The 2025 World Series is tied up at 2-2 entering this pivotal Game 5.

What the Dodgers probably will look to do is get to Yesavage early. If Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and their teammates can batter Yesavage up in the first or second innings, then Blue Jays manager John Schneider will have to turn to his bullpen early at Dodger Stadium.

Of course, the Blue Jays want to ambush Snell early in the game, too.

Game 5 might turn into a World Series version of a chess match. Both managers will be watching their players closely, looking to see it there's a weakness in their opponent.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts doesn't want to dip into his bullpen too early. One arm that Roberts probably will have back on Wednesday night is Will Klein, who, besides Ohtani and Freeman with the game-winning home run in the bottom of the 18th inning, was the Game 3 hero.

If Toronto wins, then they'll head back to Rogers Centre with a 3-2 lead and can win the 2025 World Series with one victory. If Los Angeles wins, then they'll travel to Canada looking to repeat as World Series champions.

We'll have the game covered here at Dodgers Roundtable.

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Top 1st Inning

DAVIS SCHNEIDER GOES DEEP ON THE FIRST PITCH!!! Blue Jays 1, Dodgers 0
VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR. GOES DEEP!!! BACK-TO-BACK HRS!!!! Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 0

Bichette now up. Bichette strikes out. One out.
Kirk now up. Kirk singles. One out, one on. 
Varsho grounds into a double play to end the first. Blue Jays are challenging the call. Call gets overturned. Varsho safe at first. One on, two outs.
Clement now up. Varsho tried to steal second base and was thrown out. 
Inning over....BUT WHAT A FIRST FOR BLUE JAYS!!

Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 0

Bottom 1st Inning
Ohtani will lead off. Grounds out to Yesavage on the mound. One out.
Will Smith up next. Fly out to left field. Two outs.
Mookie Betts up now. Betts strikes out. 

Top 2nd Inning
Ernie Clement grounds out to short. One out.
Addison Barger now up. Single to right field. One on, one out.
Blue Jays have their hitting shoes on!!
Isiah Kiner-Falefa now up. Flies out to right field. Two outs.
Andres Gimenez strikes out. 
Nice comeback inning for Snell.

Bottom 2nd Inning
Freddie Freeman up first. Freeman strikes out. One out.
Teoscar Henandez now up. Teoscar strikes out. Three K's in a row for Yesavage. Two outs.
Tommy Edman now up. Edman strikes out. Four K's in a row. 
Woof. Yesavage is on his game tonight.

Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 0

Top 3rd Inning
Schneider strikes out on 3-2 pitch. One out.
Vladdy now up. Walks. One on, one out.
Bichette now up. Grounds ball to short, but Betts threw wildly to second base. Guerrero out at second. One on, two outs.
Kirk now up. Kirk fouling off pitches here. Snell now up to 44 pitches. Kirk strikes out. 45 pitches now for Snell.

Bottom 3rd Inning

Max Muncy now up. Called third strike. 5 straight K's for Yesavage. One out. Yesavage has his slider working really, really good.
Kike Hernandez now up. KIKE GOES DEEP!!!! HOME RUN KIKE!!! Dodgers get a run back!! Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 1

Alex Call now up. Fly out to left-center field. Two outs.
Ohtani now up. Ohtani strikes out. Three outs. Dodgers get a run back, though. We have a ballgame!

Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 1

Top 4th Inning

Varsho up now. Varsho bloops ball down right-field line and Teoscar does not come up with the ball! Varsho motors all the way down to third base. Triple! So it's going to be an error on Teoscar and a triple, I guess. Waiting for official scorer. Runner on third with none out. Trouble spot for Dodgers again. Teoscar made a bad decision.
Clement now up. Sacrifice fly to center field. Blue Jays 3, Dodgers 1.
One out now. Dodgers on the phone to the bullpen.
Barger now up. Snell does not really have it here tonight. Ball four. One on, one out.
Kiner-Falefa strikes out. Two outs.
Gimenez strikes out. 

Blue Jays 3, Dodgers 1

Bottom 4th Inning

Smith strikes out. One out. 
Betts strikes out. EIGHT STRIKEOUTS FOR YESAVAGE! He is Savage tonight. Wow.
Freeman now up. Ouch! Freeman hit by a wild pitch. One on, two outs.
Teoscar with an infield hit, almost made it to center field. Two on, two outs.
Edman now up. Teoscar and Vladdy cutting it up at first. :-) OK, back to the game. Edman waiting. Yesavage now up to 61 pitches. Edman pops out to short. Inning over. 

Top 5th Inning
Schneider now up for Blue Jays. Snell still in there at 67 pitches now. At least he's gotten this far and Roberts isn't pulling him just yet. Let's see how he does here. 0-1 count. 3-2 count now. Snell wanted that swing, but Schneider actually held up. Schneider walks. One on, none out.
Guerrero now up. 0-2 count now. 1-4-3 double play! A big play for Dodgers right there. Two outs.
Bichette now up. Snell at 77 pitches now. Flies out to left. Three outs.

Bottom 5th Inning

Muncy now up. Grounds out to second. Yesavage covers at first. One out.
Kike now up. Yesavage now up to 69 pitches. Strikes out. Nine strikeouts for Yesavage. Two outs.
Call now up. Mary Hart gets a foul ball!! "Entertainment Tonight" legend shoutout. Maybe her voice can shake up Dodgers. :-) 2-2 count on Call. Call chased a ball outside and umpire rung him up. 10 strikeouts for Yesavage.

Blue Jays 3, Dodgers 1

Top 6th Inning

Kirk up here. Snell at 80 pitches. Kirk grounds out to third. One out.
Daulton Varsho is up. Dad Gary Varsho named his son Daulton after his late teammate, Darren Daulton. 3-2 count. Flies out to right. Snell at 90 pitches.
Clement now up. A great play by Freddie at first. Three outs. Will Roberts send Snell out for the seventh? We'll have to wait and see.

Bottom 6th Inning

Ohtani leads off. Dodgers need to get their offense in gear.
A great catch in right field by Barger! One out.
Smith up now. Smith strikes out. That's 11 K's for Yesavage. Two outs.
Mookie now up. Yesavage started this season - THIS SEASON - in A ball. 2-2 count. Grounds out to third. He's on cruise control. 

Blue Jays 3, Dodgers 1

Top 7th Inning

Barger singles down third-base line.
Kiner-Falefa now up. Wild pitch. Barger moves up to second. Smith never found the ball. 3-2 count on a hitter who is 0-for-14 in World Series. Ouch. Henriquez warming up in Dodgers bullpen. Grounds out to short. Barger stays at second. One out. 
Gimenez now up. Snell now at 105 pitches. Might be nearing the end for him tonight. 3-2 count. Smith threw down to second and Mookie made a stellar play to keep ball in front of him. Gimenez walks. Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior is coming out, not Roberts. Hmm... 
Schneider coming up here. Two on at first and second, one out. Wild pitch or passed ball. Runner moves to third. Wow. Blue Jays are playing excellent ball on the basepaths. Now 3-2 count with Vladdy licking his chops. Struck him out. Big strikeout there. Two outs, runners at first and third. Blake Snell threw 116 pitches, most pitches for him in three seasons. An excellent start for Snell. Dodgers offense has not answered the call here. 
Guerrero will come up against Edgardo Henriquez. Henriquez throwing 100 mph. 3-1 count now. 3-2 now. Oh no! Passed ball!! Blue Jays 4, Dodgers 1. This Dodgers bullpen ... oh my. Roberts was not happy.
Bichette now up. Jon Smoltz is calling passed ball BS. It's now 3-1 on Bichette. Runners at first and second. Bichette RBI single. Blue Jays 5, Dodgers 1. And the boo birds are out at Dodger Stadium.
Kirk now up. 2-0 count. Henriquez is not even close to the strike zone. 3-0 count. Walk. Anthony Banda coming out and Roberts is pissed!
Bases loaded, two outs. Dodgers bullpen, along with a lack of offense, might doom Dodgers here in Game 5...at home...with their fans.
Varsho now up. 1-1 count. Ground out to second. Inning over. 

Blue Jays 5, Dodgers 1

Bottom 7th Inning

Yesavage looks like he's coming out for seventh. Dodgers desperately need to put some hits together. Even take a walk or two if they can do so. This game is slowly slipping away. 
Freeman leads off. 0-2 count now. Myles Straw now in for defense. Freeman strikes out. 12 K's for Yesavage now. One out.
Teoscar now up. Blue Jays have 2 relievers up in bullpen. Teoscar with a swinging bunt. Whatever it takes. Teoscar with a single. One on, one out.
Ken Rosenthal of Fox and The Athletic rightly calls Yesavage a "World Series prodigy." 
Edman now up and with an 0-2 count. Yesavage now at 101 pitches. 2-2 count on Tommy. This might be Yesavage's last hitter. 3-2 count. Oh my! A double play!! Yesavage through seven innings and that's a wrap on his night. Oh my goodness! Dodgers just cannot get things going offensively. Yesavage's parents are in the stands and happy with their son's outing. 
This will be remembered by Blue Jays fans for a long time. 
Dodgers will have to take advantage of Toronto bullpen if they are going to get back into the game at all. Yesavage finishes with 12 strikeouts against Dodgers.

Blue Jays 5, Dodgers 1

Top 8th Inning

Clement up now. Banda is back out for Dodgers. Clement with a sharp single to center field. 
Barger up now. Wild pitch. Clement moves up to second. Barger grounds out to second, one out. Clement goes to third. 
Kiner-Falefa singles to left field. Clement scores. Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 1. Kiner-Falefa's first hit in World Series. Oh goodness.
Gimenez now up. Flies out to left field. Two outs.
Myles Straw up for his first AB in place of Schneider, who made his presence felt with his leadoff HR. Seranthony Dominguez warming up in Toronto bullpen. 2-0 count on Straw, who hasn't gotten a hit in this World Series. Banda not even close now. 3-1 count. Kiner-Falefa steals second. 3-2 count now. Pops out to first. Blue Jays add to their lead, though.

Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 1

Bottom 8th Inning

Dodgers MUST GET some offense going here. It's really late and Dodgers fans are restless.
Dominguez now pitching.
Muncy now up for Dodgers. Grounds out to first. One out.
Kike coming up. Kike with a bad AB. Strikes out. Two outs. 
Kershaw getting his flowers from Fox broadcast. Well deserved, too.
Call now up. 2-1 count. Dominguez is around the plate. Just owning it right now. 3-1 count. Oh wow. Looked like a ball, but ump called it strike two. Now that's a walk. Call on first, two outs.
Ohtani coming up here. Blue Jays pitching coach out right now. Even if Shohei homers, it's only going to put the game a wee bit closer. Hoffman now up in Blue Jays bullpen. OMG, Shohei smoked it to first but Guerrero Jr. was in the right place, right time. It's been that kind of game for Dodgers offense. 

And we go to the ninth!

Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 1

Guerrero grounds out. One out.
Bichette grounds out. Two outs.
Kirk grounds out. Three outs.

Last hope for the Dodgers.

Bottom 9th Inning

Closer Jeff Hoffman in for Toronto.
Smith at the plate. Single to left. One on, none out.
Betts now up, 3-for-22 in WS. Ouch. Flies out to left field. One out, Smith goes back to first.
Freddie now up. Strikes out. Two outs.
Teoscar is Dodgers last hope. 1-2 count. 2-2 count. Strikes out.

Blue Jays win 6-1, one win away from World Series victory.