Yesavage tops players in World Series Game 5, as Blue Jays take 3-2 lead over Dodgers

Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s World Series Game 5.

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Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s World Series Game 5.

The Toronto Blue Jays win 6-1 to lead the best-of-seven-game series over the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2.

Yesavage struck out 12 over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks.

Yesavage earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2025, tied for 709th among all players and tied for 194th among AL pitchers. Yesavage made his Major League debut Sept. 15 and appeared in three regular-season games.

This was his second Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor of the 2025 postseason. He also did it in the American League Division Series Game 2 win over the Yankees on Oct. 5 (5.1IP 0H 0R BB 11K W).

Yesavage is now one of eight players who have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors more than once this postseason. Three Dodgers players—Blake Snell, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani—have done it three times. Four other players have won twice: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays, Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow, Jorge Polanco of the Mariners and Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski.

This was Yesavage’s fifth postseason start. The other three:

  • He started the ALCS Game 2 loss to the Mariners on Oct. 13, recording a game-low -9.0 Box-Toppers game score (4IP 4H 5R 3BB 4K L).

  • He started in the ALCS Game 6 win over the Mariners on Oct. 19, but was not Player of the Game, recording a -0.8 Box-Toppers game score (5.2IP 6H 2R 3BB 7K W).

  • He started in the World Series Game 1 win over the Dodgers on Oct. 24, but was not Player of the Game, recording a -2.0 Box-Toppers game score (4IP 4H 2R 3BB 5K ND).

Yesavage recorded a +14.0 Box-Toppers game score Wednesday to lead all players. (He had a +15.1 game score in his previous postseason Player of the Game honor on Oct. 5.)

Dodgers starting pitcher Blake Snell had a -6.8 Box-Toppers game score in the loss (6.2IP 6H 5R 4BB 7K L)

Dodgers starting pitcher Blake Snell had a -6.8 Box-Toppers game score in the loss (6.2IP 6H 5R 4BB 7K L), which was better than the -12.0 game score he recorded in World Series Game 1 on Oct. 24.

Only three other players Wednesday had game scores above 0.0:

  • Blue Jays reliever Jeff Hoffman had a +2.0 game score (1IP H 0R 0BB 2K ND).

  • Blue Jays reliever Seranthony Domínguez had a +1.0 game score (1IP 0H 0R BB K ND).

  • Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen had a +1.0 game score (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 0K ND).

Blue Jays top batter Addison Barger had a 0.0 game score (2-3 R 0BI).

Blue Jays top batter Addison Barger had a 0.0 game score (2-3 R 0BI). Dodgers top batter Enrique Hernández had a 0.0 game score (HR 1-3 R BI), scoring the Dodgers’ only run.

While World Series Game 3 took 18 innings to decide, Game 5 was essentially decided after three pitches. Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell gave up a solo home run to Davis Schneider on the first pitch of the game and then gave up another solo homer to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on the third pitch of the game, giving the Blue Jays enough runs for the win.

Top Blue Jays in World Series Game 5: Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 1

Here are the Box-Toppers game scores (BTG) of all Blue Jays players who appeared in World Series Game 5, listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score. Player of the Game (POG) is Trey Yesavage.

10/29 BTG Player of the Game AB R H BI   IP H R ER BB K
POG +14.0 Trey Yesavage (W, 3‑1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   7.0 3 1 1 0 12
  +2.0 Jeff Hoffman ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  +1.0 Seranthony Domínguez ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  0.0 Addison Barger RF 3 1 2 0   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  0.0 Davis Schneider LF 3 1 1 1   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  0.0 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B 3 1 1 1   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  0.0 Ernie Clement 3B 3 1 1 1   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑1.0 Myles Straw LF 1 0 0 0   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑2.0 Isiah Kiner‑Falefa 2B 4 0 1 1   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑2.0 Daulton Varsho CF 4 1 1 0   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑2.0 Andrés Giménez SS 3 1 0 0   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑3.0 Bo Bichette DH 5 0 1 1   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  ‑3.0 Alejandro Kirk C 4 0 1 0   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s Player of the Game winners

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2025 (’25). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’24-’25), the period 2020-2025 (’20-25) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2025 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2024 total (+/-).
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’25 ’24‑25 ’20‑25 Career +/‑
Yesavage, Trey 5287 pi sp tor al 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
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World Series Game 6, Blue Jays lead Dodgers, 3-2

Friday’s pitching matchup (for more, see matchups chart below):

It is a starting pitching rematch of Game 2 won by the Dodgers. It is also a matchup of the Box-Toppers points leaders of both teams.

Dodgers—Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 17.7 Box-Toppers points in 2025, seventh among all players, fourth among NL pitchers.

Yamamoto has won Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in three of his four 2025 postseason starts:

  • NL Wild Card Game 2 on Oct. 1.

  • NLCS Game 2 on Oct. 14.

  • World Series Game 2 win over the Blue Jays on Oct. 25 (CG 4H R 0BB 8K W).

He also started in the NLDS Game 3 loss against the Phillies Oct. 8.

Blue Jays—Kevin Gausman, 14.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 15th among all players, seventh among AL pitchers.

Gausman has made five appearances this postseason, including one in relief, but did not earn Player of the Game honors in any of them.

He recorded a +2.2 game score in the World Series Game 2 loss over the Blue Jays on Oct. 25 (6.2IP 4H 3R 0BB 6K L).

A Box-Toppers look at Friday’s World Series pitching matchups

A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2025 (’25), this year and last year (’24-25), over a six-year period (’20-25) and their career point total.
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Game Starter ’25 ’24‑25 ’20‑25 Career
LAD Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 17.7 24.1 24.1 24.1
TOR Gausman, Kevin 3191 14.1 24.1 70.2 112.2
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About Box-Toppers

Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day. (No Box-Toppers points are awarded in postseason games.)

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