🔗 Share this article Guerrero Blasts against Ohtani as Toronto Defeat Los Angeles to Tie World Series at 2-2 Only 24 hours after staggering through one of the most exhausting defeats in World Series annals, the Toronto Blue Jays displayed total command. Guerrero smashed a two-run home run and Shane Bieber delivered a steady start as the Blue Jays defeated the Dodgers 6-2 in the fourth game on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, tying the World Series at two wins apiece and guaranteeing the series will head back to Canada. Toronto had spent the early hours of Tuesday processing their marathon Game 3 loss – equal to the longest Fall Classic contest ever – a loss that cost them the opportunity to lead the series and depleted both relief corps. Manager Schneider insisted afterwards that “the Dodgers won a contest, not the championship”. Twenty-three hours later, his squad offered convincing proof. Early Innings The Dodgers again struck first. Max Muncy drew a walk in the second, advanced on a base hit and scored on Hernández's fly out. But the early breakthrough did not shake a Toronto team that led Major League Baseball with 49 come-from-behind wins this season. They answered immediately in the third. Lukes lined a one-out single to centre and Guerrero came to the plate looking for a curveball. Shohei Ohtani threw a slider up and he sent it screaming over the left-center wall. It was his initial long hit of the series and his seventh home run this playoffs – a fresh club mark – restoring the Blue Jays's lead after 13 shutout innings and changing the momentum of the game. Shohei's Night That swing also halted Shohei Ohtani's history-making run of 11 consecutive at-bats getting on base. The dual-threat star had hit two home runs and reached safely a record nine times in the Dodgers' third game walk-off. But on that night, he took the mound on short rest – his shortest ever – after needing an IV to recuperate from the prior extra-inning game. His pitch speed was below his regular-season average and he labored more as the game wore on. Even so, he showed glimpses of his typical control, 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 Blue Jays made him work: six base hits and four runs were credited to him in six-plus innings. Late Game Surge The larger problem for Los Angeles was what came next when Ohtani finally lost energy. Daulton Varsho opened the seventh inning with a sharp hit to right, and Ernie Clement smashed a two-base hit off the fence to put two on with no outs. Roberts had no option but to pull Ohtani, who departed to a roaring applause from the local fans. The Los Angeles' relief corps could not finish the inning. Anthony Banda came into the jam and immediately trailed in the count. Andrés Giménez fought to a full count before scoring the runner with a base hit to left. Ty France came up next with a fielder's choice 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 rally: Bichette and Addison Barger punched run-scoring singles through the diamond, completing a four-score barrage that pushed the margin to 6-1. Blue Jays's Resilience The Blue Jays's capacity to withstand early setbacks and answer has defined their whole postseason. They once again succeeded without Springer, the hurt top-of-the-order man who left Game 3 after straining his oblique. Shane Bieber, in contrast, was exactly what the Blue Jays needed. Acquired mid-season while finishing recovery from elbow surgery, the former award-winning winner stranded several baserunners and quieted the Dodgers' potent lineup. He gave up one earned run on four hits and three free passes before Schneider called on first-year left-hander Mason Fluharty to face the heart of the order in the sixth inning. Fluharty required just 4 throws to get out Muncy and Tommy Edman, preserving a narrow advantage that soon grew safe. Converted starting pitcher Chris Bassitt then pitched a clean seventh and eighth as the Dodgers' bats kept to sputter. The Dodgers have produced only three scores over their previous 20 frames, an abrupt downturn for a club that was among baseball's elite lineups all year. Final Moments The Dodgers managed a run in the ninth inning when Edman hit into an out to bring home Teoscar Hernández after a walk and Max Muncy's double put two on base. But Louis Varland finished the game without permitting a rally to build. After a game when the Blue Jays left a Fall Classic-record 19 baserunners and fell apart after wave upon wave of missed opportunities, Game 4 was ruthlessly effective. 6 different Toronto players collected hits, five brought home scores and the team converted almost every run-scoring opportunity presented in the final innings. Next Up The victory ensures the World Series title will be presented at their home stadium, where the Blue Jays have not celebrated a championship since Carter's famous game-winning home run in '93. They now know they are assured a packed crowd in Toronto on Friday evening – and perhaps the next day – no matter what happens next in LA. Game 5 looms with the series even and energy shifting to Toronto. Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell (3-1, 2.42 ERA) will try to halt the Toronto's surge. The Blue Jays counter with first-year player Yesavage (2-1, 4.26 ERA) in a repeat of the opener, when the Blue Jays knocked out Snell quickly in an decisive win.