ARLINGTON, Texas — The Los Angeles bullpwen kept the Rays' bats quiet with an impressive relief outing — and making Dodgers manager Dave Roberts look smart for summoning him to replace an effective Clayton Kershaw.

Rookie right-hander Dustin May retired all four batters he's faced (two on strikeouts) to protect a 4-2 lead for Los Angeles as the Dodgers took a 3-2 lead in the World Series Sunday night.

Blake Treinen pitched the ninth inning and got the save.

Game 6 is Tuesday night.

May, who had been struggling in the postseason, is consistently throwing 99-101 mph with major movement. A fired-up May struck out pinch-hitter Austin Meadows to begin a 1-2-3 seventh that was aided by Joc Pederson's nice running catch in deep left-center field.

Two pitches, two outs for Clayton Kershaw in the sixth. And then, just like that, he got pulled by manager Dave Roberts.

Perhaps that was the plan Sunday night, maybe that's what the book said, yank him after 21 batters, no matter what.

But the Dodgers lefty was done after 85 pitches. Not that the LA fans at Globe Life Field liked the decision -- a few thousand of them booed, before cheering for Kershaw as he walked off.

Max Muncy launched a no-doubt homer into the right-field seats to give the Dodgers a 4-2 lead through five innings.