🔗 Share this article Guerrero Homers against Ohtani as Toronto See Off Los Angeles to Tie World Series at 2-2 Less than a day following staggering through one of the most exhausting defeats in World Series annals, the Toronto Blue Jays displayed complete control. Vladimir Guerrero Jr crushed a two-run homer and Bieber provided a steady outing as the Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in the fourth game on Tuesday evening at their home ballpark, tying the Fall Classic at two wins apiece and guaranteeing the matchup will return to Canada. Toronto had passed the morning of Tuesday dealing with their marathon Game 3 loss – tied for the longest Fall Classic game ever – a defeat that cost them the chance to lead the series and burned through both relief corps. Manager Schneider stated afterwards that “the Dodgers won a contest, not the championship”. Twenty-three hours later, his team offered emphatic evidence. Initial Action The Dodgers again scored first. Muncy drew a walk in the second, advanced on a single and crossed the plate on Kiké Hernández's fly out. But the early score did not shake a Toronto team that topped Major League Baseball with 49 come-from-behind victories this year. They responded right away in the third inning. Nathan Lukes lined a one away base hit to center field and Guerrero came to the plate looking for a breaking ball. Ohtani left a sweeper up and he drove it screaming over the outfield fence. It was his initial long hit of the series and his seventh homer this playoffs – a new club record – restoring the Blue Jays's lead after 13 scoreless frames and shifting the momentum of the game. Ohtani's Night That swing also halted Shohei Ohtani's history-making streak of 11 consecutive plate appearances getting on base. The two-way phenomenon had smashed two homers and reached safely a historic nine times in the Dodgers' third game comeback win. But on that night, he started on limited rest – his briefest ever – after needing an IV to recuperate from the prior marathon. Ohtani fastball velocity was below his regular-season norm and he struggled more as the game wore on. Nonetheless, he displayed flashes of his usual command, setting down 11 of 12 after Guerrero's homer and striking out six. He even drew a walk in the first to continue his World Series record. But the Blue Jays made him work: six base hits and four earned runs were charged to him in six-plus frames. Late Game Rally The larger problem for the Dodgers was what followed when he eventually ran out of steam. Daulton Varsho opened the seventh inning with a sharp single to right field, and Clement drilled a double off the fence to put two on with none out. Dave Roberts had no option but to pull the starter, who departed to a roaring applause from the home crowd. The Dodgers' relief corps could not complete the escape. Banda inherited the jam and immediately trailed in the count. Giménez battled to a 3-2 count before driving in Varsho with a single to left field. France followed with a groundout to make it 4-1, and that was enough to remove the pitcher out of the contest. Blake Treinen entered next but also failed to stem the momentum: Bo Bichette and Barger punched run-scoring base hits through the diamond, capping a four-run barrage that pushed the margin to 6-1. Toronto's Resilience The Blue Jays's capacity to withstand initial setbacks and respond has defined their whole run. They once again succeeded without George Springer, the injured top-of-the-order man who left Game 3 after straining his oblique. Shane Bieber, meanwhile, was everything Toronto required. Traded for during the summer while finishing recovery from elbow surgery, the ex- Cy Young winner left several runners and quieted the Los Angeles' dangerous lineup. He allowed one run on four base hits and three free passes before the manager summoned first-year left-hander Fluharty to face the core of the lineup in the sixth. Fluharty required just four pitches to get out Max Muncy and Edman, protecting a fragile lead that quickly grew safe. Former starter Chris Bassitt then worked a clean seventh and eighth as the Los Angeles' bats kept to sputter. The Dodgers have scored only 3 runs over their previous 20 innings, an abrupt downturn for a team that ranked among MLB's top lineups all season. Final Moments The Los Angeles managed a score in the ninth inning when Edman hit into an out to score Teoscar Hernández after a base on balls and Muncy's double put runners aboard. But Louis Varland finished the game without permitting a comeback to build. After a night when Toronto left a World Series-record 19 runners and collapsed after repeated of wasted chances, Game 4 was brutally efficient. Six different Blue Jays collected base hits, 5 drove in runs and the team cashed nearly every scoring chance available in the final stanzas. Next Up The win ensures the World Series trophy will be awarded at Rogers Centre, where the Toronto have not won a championship since Carter's famous walk-off homer in 1993. They now are aware they are assured a packed crowd in Toronto on Friday evening – and possibly the next day – no matter what happens next in LA. The fifth game looms with the matchup reset and momentum swinging north. Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell (3-1, 2.42 ERA) will attempt to arrest the Blue Jays's surge. Toronto counter with rookie Trey Yesavage (2-1, 4.26 ERA) in a rematch of Game 1, when the Toronto knocked out the starter quickly in an decisive win.