🔗 Share this article Guerrero Homers against Shohei Ohtani as Toronto Defeat Dodgers to Tie World Series at 2-2 Less than a day after staggering through one of the most exhausting losses in Fall Classic history, the Blue Jays played with complete command. Vladimir Guerrero Jr smashed a two-run homer and Bieber provided a composed start as the Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in Game 4 on Tuesday evening at their home ballpark, tying the World Series at two games each and ensuring the matchup will head back to Canada. Toronto had spent the early hours of the next day dealing with their marathon Game 3 loss – tied for the longest World Series contest ever – a loss that cost them the chance to lead the matchup and depleted both bullpens. Skipper John Schneider stated afterwards that “they won a game, not the World Series”. A day later, his team offered emphatic proof. Early Action The Los Angeles again struck first. Muncy walked in the second, advanced on a single and scored on Kiké Hernández's sacrifice fly. But the initial score did not rattle a Blue Jays club that led MLB with 49 come-from-behind wins this season. They responded right away in the third inning. Nathan Lukes hit a one away single to centre and Guerrero stepped in looking for a breaking ball. Ohtani threw a slider up and Guerrero drove it soaring over the outfield fence. It was his initial long hit of the World Series and his 7th homer this playoffs – a new club mark – restoring the Blue Jays's advantage after 13 scoreless innings and shifting the momentum of the night. Shohei's Performance That hit also halted Ohtani's record-setting streak of 11 straight plate appearances getting on base. The two-way star had smashed two home runs and reached safely a historic nine times in the Dodgers' third game comeback win. But on Tuesday, he started on short rest – his shortest ever – after requiring an IV to recuperate from the previous extra-inning game. His pitch speed was under his seasonal average and he labored more as the contest progressed. Nonetheless, he showed glimpses of his usual control, setting down 11 of 12 after Guerrero Jr's blast and striking out six. He even walked in the first to continue his Fall Classic record. But the Toronto made him work: six hits and four runs were charged to him in six-plus innings. Late Game Rally The larger issue for Los Angeles was what followed when Ohtani finally ran out of energy. Varsho started the seventh inning with a clean hit to right, and Ernie Clement drilled a double off the wall to put runners on with no outs. Roberts had no option but to pull the starter, who departed to a standing ovation from the local fans. The Los Angeles' relief corps could not finish the escape. Anthony Banda came into the mess and immediately fell behind. Giménez fought to a full count before driving in Varsho with a single to left. France came up next with a groundout to make it 4-1, and that was enough to knock Banda out of the game. Blake Treinen entered next but also failed to stem the rally: Bo Bichette and Barger hit run-scoring base hits through the diamond, completing a four-score barrage that pushed the margin to 6-1. Toronto's Resilience The Toronto's capacity to withstand initial blows and answer has defined their entire run. They once again succeeded without George Springer, the hurt top-of-the-order hitter who left the third game after straining his right side. Bieber, meanwhile, was everything Toronto required. Traded for mid-season while completing recovery from Tommy John surgery, the ex- award-winning winner left several runners and silenced the Dodgers' potent lineup. He allowed one run on four hits and three walks before Schneider called on first-year pitcher Fluharty to face the core of the order in the sixth inning. Fluharty required just four pitches to retire Muncy and Tommy Edman, protecting a narrow lead that quickly grew comfortable. Converted starting pitcher Bassitt then worked a scoreless seventh and eighth innings as the Dodgers' bats kept to struggle. The Dodgers have scored only three runs over their last 20 frames, an abrupt slowdown for a club that ranked among baseball's elite lineups all year. Final Innings The Los Angeles managed a score in the ninth inning when Edman hit into an out to score Hernández after a base on balls and Muncy's two-base hit put two aboard. But Varland finished the game without permitting a rally to build. After a night when the Blue Jays left a Fall Classic-record 19 runners and fell apart after repeated of wasted opportunities, the fourth contest was brutally efficient. 6 separate Blue Jays recorded hits, 5 drove in scores and the squad cashed almost every scoring opportunity presented in the late stanzas. Looking Ahead The victory ensures the championship trophy will be awarded at Rogers Centre, where the Toronto have not celebrated a championship since Carter's famous walk-off home run in 1993. They now are aware they are assured a full crowd in Canada on Friday evening – and perhaps Saturday – no matter what happens next in LA. Game 5 approaches with the matchup reset and energy shifting to Toronto. Los Angeles left-hander Blake Snell (3-1, 2.42 ERA) will attempt to halt the Blue Jays's surge. The Blue Jays counter with first-year player Yesavage (2-1, 4.26 ERA) in a rematch of Game 1, when the Toronto knocked out Snell quickly in an decisive win.