World Series schedule: Blue Jays vs. Dodgers Game 2 prediction, time, pitchers

If the Los Angeles Dodgers are to become the first back-to-back World Series champions since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees, they will have to go through the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays have a 1-0 lead in the 2025 Fall Classic after running away with Game 1 on Friday night. The Jays exploded for a nine-run sixth inning on Friday, and they’ll host Game 2 on Saturday.

The Jays punched their ticket to the Fall Classic with a Game 7 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night as George Springer hit a game-winning home run. This is Toronto’s first World Series appearance since 1993, when they won their second consecutive title. The Dodgers thoroughly dismantled the Milwaukee Brewers, owners of MLB’s best record during the regular season, in the NLCS to return to the World Series. They are the first defending champion to reach the World Series the next season since the 2008-09 Philadelphia Phillies, and, in more than a few ways, this year’s Dodgers are better than last year’s.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto will be on the mound for the Dodgers in Game 2 as L.A. tries to bounce back from just its second loss of the postseason. Kevin Gausman gets the ball for the Blue Jays.

The Blue Jays (94-68) are the home team over the Dodgers (93-69) in the World Series because they had the better regular-season record. Here now is the schedule for the 2025 World Series. All games can be streamed on fubo (try for free).

How to watch Game 2

• Time: 8 p.m. ET | Date: Saturday, Oct. 25
• Location: Rogers Centre — Toronto
• TV channel: Fox, Fox Deportes | Live stream: fubo (Try for free)
• Starting pitchers: RHP Kevin Gausman (TOR) vs. RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (LAD)
• Series odds: Dodgers -110, Blue Jays -110 (via DraftKings)

2025 World Series schedule

Game 2 storylines

Dodgers: The Dodgers will try to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole. Yamamoto will be making his fourth start of the postseason, having previously surrendered four runs across 19 ⅔ innings pitched. He’s struck out 18 batters versus issuing just four walks in those outings.

Blue Jays: The Blue Jays will attempt to take a 2-0 advantage in the best-of-seven series. MLB teams to do that have then, historically, won more than 80% of those sets. Toronto is looking for the franchise’s first World Series title since winning consecutive championships in 1992-93.

Game 2 prediction

The hope is that this series goes seven games and that they’re mostly nailbiters. With that in mind, we’ll have Yamamoto delivering and tying the series at 1-1 ahead of the locale shift to Los Angeles. Dodgers win 3-2. — R.J. Anderson