"Despite Game 2 simply not going the way the Toronto Blue Jays wanted, most people around the team feel confident as the series heads to Los Angeles. Many of the postgame comments from the Blue Jays players and staff were along the lines of, "hey, we got beat by a really good pitcher we've never seen before and we split the first two games, so lets get after it,""
"Unfortunately, Carter was the only one that got to wear that jacket in Game 2, as the Blue Jays could barely touch anything Yoshinobu Yamamoto was serving them, as he pitched a complete game, four-hit masterpiece in the Dodgers 5-1 win over the Blue Jays to even the series at 1-1. But as Carter knows, there's nothing wrong with splitting the first two games of a series, even if the opposing starting pitcher made your offense look really bad."
Toronto lost Game 2, 5-1, to a complete-game performance by Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who allowed four hits and evened the series at 1-1. Most players and staff expressed confidence heading to Los Angeles and framed the split of the first two games as an acceptable outcome against a dominant unfamiliar pitcher. The 2025 team, which led MLB in comeback wins, drew inspiration from the 1993 Blue Jays championship mentality that overcame adversity and secured a World Series title. Joe Carter ceremonially threw out the first pitch and received an honorary Home Run Jacket. Game 3 is scheduled Monday night in Los Angeles.
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