LOS ANGELES — No one on this team was in Toronto to see it, with most not even born yet, but those magical enchanted images remain etched in their mind.

Joe Carter dancing around the bases.

The menacing glare of Dave Stewart on the mound.

The powerful bat of DH Paul Molitor.

For the first time in 32 years, these Toronto Blue Jays have a chance to create their own history, leaving memories for the next generation of Blue Jays fans, and assuring they will be forever remembered for off one of the greatest upsets in World Series history.

“No one gave us a chance all year, so nothing’s changed,” Blue Jays veteran pitcher Kevin Gausman told USA TODAY Sports. “We’ve learned to kind of block out what people think about us, good bad or whatever. What people write about us, what people say about it, it doesn’t really matter.

“We’ll see what people are saying when it’s over.”

The Blue Jays, who only 48 hours earlier suffered one of the most gut-wrenching World Series defeats in history, waltzed out of the visiting clubhouse at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night, never so eager to take a six-hour fligh in their lives.

The Blue Jays, after stifling the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-1, behind a 22-year-old pitcher and a relentless offense, are now just one victory away from becoming World Series champions.

The Blue Jays, after winning back-to-back games in Los Angeles to take a 3-2 lead over the defending champion and heavily-favored Dodgers, will now be playing their first Game 6 at the Rogers Centre since that glorious Oct. 23, 1993 evening of Carter’s World Series clinching home run.

“I’ve seen it a thousand times,” Blue Jays outfielder Daulton Varsho said. “But Joe has even told us, ‘Go out there and win, so I don’t have to keep coming here and doing this stuff.’ It was kind of funny.

“Obviously, he’s enjoyed the moment, enjoyed everything, but now is our time.”

Onn back-to-back nights, the Blue Jays bludgeoned the Dodgers, winning by a combined score of 12-3, with the Dodger’ offense shut down by veteran Shane Bieber and the next night by a 22-year-old kid, Trey Yesavage, who opened the season pitching at Class A.

“Baseball is a game of failure, you know you’re going to fail at some point,” Blue Jays reliever Eric Lauer said. “It’s all about how well you can respond after getting punched in the mouth. We took a punch. And we punched right back.’’

Yesavage was the one who threw most of the blows, striking out 12 batters in seven innings, the most by a pitcher 22 or younger in World Series history, surpassing Smokey Joe Wood in the 1912 World Series.

The Dodgers struck out 15 times Wednesday with only one walk, four hits, and are now batting .164 without a single hit with a runner in scoring position since their 18-inning victory.

“It seems like at-bats are snowballing on us right now,” said Dodgers outfielder Kiké Hernandez, whose third-inning home run provided their lone run.

The Blue Jays, who won the AL East on a final day tie-breaker, avoided elimination twice to beat the Seattle Mariners for the American League pennant, have suddenly turned this World Series upside down.

It’s the Dodgers who are desperately shuffling their lineup, trying to find a cure.

It’s the Dodgers and their four future Hall of Famers who suddenly are mumbling to themselves wondering what has happened.

And it’s the Blue Jays, those lovable characters north of the border, who are about to turn Toronto into baseball utopia.

They live close to one another in the city by Rogers Centre, their families hang out together off the field, and they have insisted all year they believe in one another.

Now, they’ve got the whole baseball universe believing.

Just when you thought their 18-inning defeat would break them, it only united them, saying they couldn’t have possibly played worse, and they still hung with the Dodgers all those grueling hours.

“I mean at the end of the day, it was just a loss,” Blue Jays DH Bo Bichette said. “I mean, there was no other option but to turn the page.”

Said Scherzer: “As tough as it was, we were also proud of each other We stood toe-to-toe with them for 18 innings. Everybody poured their heart into that. We knew if we could just come back, played our game, we could win.”

Said Varsho: “We didn’t play good at all, but we grinded them out all day and night. They came out on top, but you know, we actually felt good about it. We played terrible and hung right there with them.”

Now, 48 hours later, they feel on top of the world, convinced they are the best team in North America, and plan to prove it.

“It’s just the way our team is,” Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt said. “We’re able to flush wins, we’re able to flush losses, and we’re able to move on. We’ve done that all year. Just move on. We’re not going to ride the crazy highs and the lows, it’s just a brand of baseball that we’ve taken a lot of pride in and we’re focusing on keeping that brand every day.”