It was a World Series game for the ages. And one of its most prominent features was the outstanding defense that resulted in six -- count ’em, SIX -- outs on the base paths in a taut 18-inning thriller that ended in a 6-5 Game 3 victory for the Dodgers,

Yamamoto has thrown two straight complete games in the postseason, after a regular season in which the entire league produced only 29. His second CG — a four-hit, 105-pitch masterpiece in the Dodgers’ 5-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday night, tying the World Series at one game each — was arguably more breathtaking than the first.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched the first World Series complete game since 2015 as Los Angeles answered Toronto with a 5-1 win in Game 2.