India, Oct. 30 -- The Toronto Blue Jays are on the brink of sealing a stunning World Series win. Trey Yesavage and co beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 in Game 5, to take them one win closer to a championship. Yesavage, a 22-year-old right-hander who started his season last April pitching before 327 fans in Class A, struck out as many as 12 Dodgers on Wednesday - a record for most strikeouts by a rookie in a World Series game.

With a devastating mix of a sinking splitter, spinning slider, and overpowering fastball, Yesavage silenced the Dodgers' bats and their 52,000-plus home crowd. He eventually broke Don Newcombe's 1949 rookie record of 11 strikeouts for the Dodgers in a Fall Classic game.

Six of Yesavage's Ks came via his splitter an...