World Series Game 5 Blue Jays vs. Dodgers live updates: Lineups, predictions, odds, news and latest

Entering the World Series, getting to the undermanned Dodgers bullpen was an obvious key for the underdog Blue Jays. Toronto hasn’t chased Dodgers starters early this series, yet they have done considerable damage against them. Other than Game 2, when Yoshinobu Yamamoto went the distance against Toronto, the Jays have outlasted each Dodgers starter, breaking through with a crooked-number inning against Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow and Shohei Ohtani.

In Game 1, the Jays made Snell work early, then made Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pay for keeping Snell in for the sixth inning, a frame Snell started by loading the bases ahead of a bullpen meltdown.

With Yamamoto awaiting in Game 6, it’s even more important that the Jays put themselves in the driver’s seat by getting to Snell again in Game 5.