The Blue Jays are headed back to Toronto with a 3-2 game lead against the L.A. Dodgers after a 6-1 victory in Game 5.

A record-breaking 12-strikeout outing from rookie pitcher Trey Yesavage and back-to-back home runs Davis Schneider and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. were just some of the highlights of the decisive game.

Leadoff hitter Schneider struck the first pitch off Dodger’s starter Blake Snell deep to left field for his first World Series home run. Guerrero Jr. followed closely behind with a home run off of Snell’s second pitch to him.

The Blue Jays are coming off a 6-2 win last night in L.A. after a heartbreaking lost in the 18-inning marathon Game 3 on Monday.

Rookie Trey Yesavage started for the Blue Jays and was cruising through the Dodgers hitters until a home run in the third inning from Enrique Hernández.

Daulton Varsho scored in the 4th inning after leading off the inning with a triple. Ernie Clement brought him home with a sacrifice flyout to put the Blue Jays up 3-1.

Both bats were quiet until the seventh inning when the Blue Jays started swinging once again. Addison Barger led off the inning with a single followed by a walk from Andrés Giménez.

Barger came home a wild pitch thrown to Guerrero Jr. to walk him. Giménez scored on a Bo Bichette single.

Another lead-off single in the eighth inning led to a run by Ernie Clement to give the Jays the 6-1 lead.

Yesavage only allowed three hits and one run in his seven-inning outing. He also set an MLB record for the most strikeouts by a rookie in a postseason with 39 and he’s the first rookie in MLB history with multiple 10+ strikeout games in a postseason

Back-to-back leadoff homers had only happened one other time to begin a playoff game: Ray Durham and Scott Hatteberg of the Oakland Athletics connected off Minnesota’s Rick Reed in Game 3 of the 2002 AL division series.

It’s the first time the Blue Jays have ever hit back-to-back home runs in a playoff game.

George Springer was not in the starting lineup Wednesday, after missing his second game after suffering an injury to his right side in Game 3.

Davis Schneider’s family spoke with CityNews before his leadoff home run about watching him play on the biggest stage in the world.

“I’ve always watched the World Series, this is my first go-round with being here. Did I ever think this would happen? Not really. I knew Davis would make it to the majors, but I just never let myself go that far. This is just amazing,” said his mom Elena.

“I’m just still not fully understanding or comprehending it at all.”

With files from Lindsay Dunn and The Canadian Press