đ Share this article Vladimir Guerrero Jr Homers off Shohei Ohtani as Blue Jays Defeat Dodgers to Level World Series at 2-2 Less than a day following staggering through one of the most draining defeats in World Series annals, the Toronto Blue Jays played with complete command. Vladimir Guerrero Jr crushed a two-run home run and Shane Bieber provided a composed start as Toronto beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in Game 4 on Tuesday evening at Dodger Stadium, tying the Fall Classic at two games each and ensuring the series will head back to Canada. The Blue Jays had spent the morning of Tuesday processing their 18-inning Game 3 loss â equal to the lengthiest Fall Classic contest ever â a loss that cost them the chance to lead the series and burned through both bullpens. Manager Schneider insisted afterwards that âthey took a contest, not the championshipâ. A day later, his squad offered emphatic proof. Initial Action The Los Angeles again struck first. Muncy drew a walk in the second inning, advanced on a base hit and scored on HernĂĄndez's fly out. But the initial breakthrough did not rattle a Blue Jays team that topped MLB with 49 comeback victories this year. They responded immediately in the third. Nathan Lukes lined a one-out single to centre and Guerrero came to the plate looking for a breaking ball. Ohtani threw a sweeper up and he sent it screaming over the outfield fence. It was his first long hit of the series and his seventh home run this postseason â a fresh club mark â restoring the Blue Jays's advantage after 13 scoreless frames and shifting the momentum of the game. Shohei's Night That swing also halted Ohtani's history-making streak of 11 consecutive plate appearances getting on base. The two-way star had hit two homers and reached safely a historic nine times in the Los Angeles' third game walk-off. But on that night, he started on short rest â his shortest ever â after needing an IV to recover from the previous extra-inning game. His fastball velocity sat under his seasonal norm and he labored more as the contest wore on. Nonetheless, he showed glimpses of his typical control, retiring 11 of 12 after Guerrero Jr's blast and striking out six. He even drew a walk in the first inning to continue his Fall Classic record. But the Blue Jays made him work: six hits and four runs were charged to him in six-plus innings. Seventh Inning Surge The bigger issue for the Dodgers was what followed when he eventually ran out of steam. Daulton Varsho started the seventh with a clean hit to right field, and Ernie Clement drilled a two-base hit off the wall to put runners on with no outs. Roberts had little choice but to remove the starter, who exited to a standing ovation from the local fans. The Los Angeles' relief corps could not finish the inning. Banda inherited the mess and right away trailed in the count. AndrĂ©s GimĂ©nez battled to a full count before scoring the runner with a single to left. Ty France followed with a fielder's choice to make it 4-1, and that was sufficient to knock the pitcher out of the contest. Blake Treinen entered next but also was unable to stop the momentum: Bo Bichette and Barger punched RBI singles through the diamond, completing a four-score barrage that extended the margin to 6-1. Blue Jays's Resilience The Blue Jays's capacity to withstand initial blows and respond has characterized their entire run. They once again succeeded without Springer, the hurt leadoff hitter who left the third game after tweaking his right side. Bieber, in contrast, was everything Toronto needed. Traded for during the summer while finishing recovery from elbow surgery, the former award-winning winner left several baserunners and silenced the Los Angeles' dangerous lineup. He gave up one earned run on four base hits and three walks before Schneider called on first-year pitcher Mason Fluharty to confront the heart of the order in the sixth. He required just 4 throws to get out Muncy and Tommy Edman, protecting a fragile advantage that soon grew safe. Converted starting pitcher Bassitt then pitched a clean seventh and eighth innings as the Dodgers' offense kept to struggle. Los Angeles have produced only three runs over their last 20 innings, an abrupt downturn for a club that ranked among baseball's top offenses all year. Closing Innings The Los Angeles managed a score in the ninth when Tommy Edman grounded out to bring home HernĂĄndez after a walk and Muncy's double put two aboard. But Louis Varland closed it down without permitting a comeback to develop. Following a night when Toronto left a Fall Classic-record 19 baserunners and collapsed after wave upon wave of wasted chances, Game 4 was brutally efficient. 6 separate Blue Jays recorded hits, five brought home runs and the team converted almost every run-scoring opportunity presented in the late innings. Looking Ahead The victory ensures the World Series title will be awarded at their home stadium, where the Blue Jays have not celebrated a championship since Joe Carter's famous walk-off homer in 1993. They now know they are assured a packed house in Toronto on Friday night â and perhaps the next day â no matter what occurs next in LA. Game 5 looms with the matchup reset and energy swinging to Toronto. Dodgers left-hander Snell (3-1, 2.42 ERA) will try to arrest the Blue Jays's surge. The Blue Jays respond with first-year player Yesavage (2-1, 4.26 ERA) in a rematch of the opener, when the Toronto knocked out the starter early in an decisive victory.