"Only so much you can do" - Blake Snell dodges accountability after nightmare outing as Dodgers collapse in World Series Game 5

Blake Snell earned the loss on the mound as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday. The Dodgers starter earned 5 runs in 6.2 innings pitched, with 6 hits, 4 walks and 7 strikeouts.

Snell was hit for two home runs in the first three pitches of the game. Leadoff hitter Davis Schneider went yard to left field on the very first pitch. After taking a strike, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit another home run in the same direction. Ernie Clement added a run in the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly.

The Blue Jays, then, chased Snell from the game in the seventh inning, scoring twice to take a 5-1 lead. Their offensive prowess helped their starter, Trey Yesavage, who outduelled Snell with a 7-inning one-run ball. After the game, speaking to reporters, Snell blamed his bad luck, stating that he felt good on the mound.

"I mean, it didn't really get to me," Snell said. It was first pitch of the game, 97 fastball up and in. He hits it 98, it goes out. Pretty unlucky. And then Vlad, that's a, yeah, just a bad pitch, and then fastball. But then after that, yeah, pretty smooth sailing. Figured out their lineup, what they like to do."

"It's just unlucky. Yeah. I mean, I'm not, I'm not one to make excuses or anything close to that, but yeah, just pretty unlucky. There's only so much you can do. That's unlucky."

Snell was hoping to get a good outing for his team after he earned 5 runs in 5.0 innings in Game 1, which the Blue Jays won 11-4. Before the Fall Classic, the former 2x Cy Young winner had a 3-0 record with a 0.89 ERA in three starts this postseason.

Blake Snell hoping for a rematch with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in Game 7

Blake Snell is looking to even the score with Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The Dodgers pitcher is looking forward to a possible Game 7 scenario where he comes on in relief against Toronto's lineup.

"Vlad is he's a really good hitter, so you got to do stuff there," Snell said. (1:45) "But the rest of the lineup, yeah, they're like ambushing. I mean, I'll probably, if we get to game seven, then I'll see him again, so I can't I can't say much."

To head to Game 7, the Dodgers would first have to scale the task of facing elimination and outperforming Toronto at the Rogers Centre in Toronto on Friday. They will have Yoshinobu Yamamoto as their starter, who pitched a complete game on Saturday in Game 2.