đ Share this article Guerrero Homers against Ohtani as Blue Jays See Off Los Angeles to Level World Series at 2-2 Only 24 hours following staggering through one of the most exhausting defeats in Fall Classic annals, the Blue Jays displayed total command. Guerrero crushed a two-run homer and Shane Bieber delivered a steady start as Toronto defeated the Dodgers 6-2 in Game 4 on Tuesday night at their home ballpark, tying the Fall Classic at two games each and guaranteeing the matchup will return to Toronto. The Blue Jays had passed the morning of the next day processing their marathon third game defeat â tied for the longest World Series game ever â a defeat that denied them the opportunity to take the lead in the series and burned through both bullpens. Manager John Schneider insisted afterwards that âthe Dodgers took a game, not the championshipâ. A day later, his team provided emphatic proof. Early Action The Los Angeles again scored first. Muncy drew a walk in the second, moved up on a single and scored on HernĂĄndez's sacrifice fly. But the early score did not shake a Toronto team that led Major League Baseball with 49 come-from-behind wins this year. They answered immediately in the third inning. Lukes lined a one away single to center field and Guerrero came to the plate looking for a breaking ball. Ohtani left a slider up and he sent it soaring over the left-center wall. It was his initial long hit of the World Series and his seventh home run this playoffs â a new club record â regaining the Blue Jays's advantage after 13 scoreless frames and shifting the momentum of the game. Shohei's Performance That hit also ended Shohei Ohtani's record-setting run of 11 consecutive at-bats reaching base. The two-way phenomenon had smashed two home runs and reached safely a historic nine times in the Los Angeles' third game comeback win. But on that night, he took the mound on short rest â his briefest ever â after requiring an IV to recover from the prior marathon. Ohtani fastball velocity sat under his seasonal average and he labored more as the game progressed. Even so, he displayed flashes of his usual command, retiring 11 of 12 after Guerrero Jr's blast and fanning six. He even walked in the first to extend his Fall Classic streak. But the Toronto made him work: six hits and four runs were credited to him in six-plus innings. Late Game Rally The bigger problem for Los Angeles was what followed when he eventually lost energy. Varsho opened the seventh with a sharp hit to right, and Ernie Clement drilled a double off the fence to put runners on with none out. Roberts had little choice but to remove Ohtani, who departed to a standing ovation from the local fans. The Los Angeles' relief corps could not complete the escape. Anthony Banda came into the jam and right away trailed in the count. GimĂŠnez battled to a full count before scoring Varsho with a single to left. France followed with a groundout to make it 4-1, and that was enough to remove the pitcher out of the game. Blake Treinen entered next but also failed to stop the rally: Bo Bichette and Addison Barger punched RBI singles through the infield, capping a four-run outburst that pushed the lead to 6-1. Blue Jays's Toughness The Toronto's ability to withstand early setbacks and answer has characterized their whole postseason. They once again did it without George Springer, the injured top-of-the-order hitter who left the third game after tweaking his oblique. Bieber, meanwhile, was everything the Blue Jays required. Acquired during the summer while finishing rehab from elbow surgery, the former Cy Young winner left several runners and quieted the Dodgers' dangerous batting order. He allowed one run on four hits and three walks before Schneider summoned rookie left-hander Fluharty to confront the heart of the order in the sixth. Fluharty needed just 4 throws to retire Max Muncy and Edman, preserving a narrow lead that soon grew safe. Former starting pitcher Chris Bassitt then worked a clean seventh and eighth as the Dodgers' offense continued to sputter. The Dodgers have produced only three scores over their last 20 innings, an sudden slowdown for a team that ranked among MLB's elite offenses all year. Final Moments The Los Angeles scraped a run in the ninth when Tommy Edman grounded out to bring home HernĂĄndez after a base on balls and Muncy's two-base hit put runners on base. But Louis Varland finished the game without allowing a comeback to develop. Following a game when Toronto stranded a Fall Classic-record 19 runners and fell apart after repeated of missed chances, Game 4 was ruthlessly efficient. 6 separate Blue Jays collected base hits, five brought home scores and the squad converted nearly every run-scoring opportunity available in the late innings. Looking Ahead The win ensures the championship title will be presented at their home stadium, where the Toronto have not won a championship since Joe Carter's famous walk-off homer in 1993. They now know they are guaranteed a full crowd in Canada on Friday night â and possibly the next day â no matter what happens next in Los Angeles. Game 5 looms with the series reset and momentum shifting north. Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell (3-1, 2.42 ERA) will attempt to halt the Blue Jays's surge. Toronto counter with first-year player Trey Yesavage (2-1, 4.26 ERA) in a repeat of Game 1, when the Toronto knocked out the starter early in an decisive win.