đ Share this article Vladimir Guerrero Jr Homers off Shohei Ohtani as Blue Jays See Off Los Angeles to Tie Series at 2-2 Only 24 hours after staggering through one of the most draining defeats in Fall Classic annals, the Blue Jays played with total control. Vladimir Guerrero Jr smashed a two-run home run and Bieber delivered a composed outing as the Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in Game 4 on Tuesday evening at Dodger Stadium, squaring the World Series at two wins apiece and guaranteeing the series will head back to Toronto. The Blue Jays had passed the morning of the next day dealing with their marathon third game defeat â tied for the longest Fall Classic contest ever â a defeat that cost them the opportunity to take the lead in the matchup and depleted both bullpens. Skipper Schneider stated afterwards that âthe Dodgers took a game, not the championshipâ. Twenty-three hours later, his squad offered convincing proof. Early Innings The Dodgers again scored first. Max Muncy drew a walk in the second, advanced on a single and scored on KikĂ© HernĂĄndez's fly out. But the initial breakthrough did not shake a Toronto team that topped Major League Baseball with 49 come-from-behind wins this year. They responded right away in the third. Nathan Lukes hit a one away single to center field and Vladimir Guerrero Jr stepped in hunting a breaking ball. Ohtani threw a sweeper up and he drove it screaming over the left-center wall. It was his first extra-base hit of the series and his seventh home run this playoffs â a fresh team record â regaining the Toronto's lead after 13 scoreless frames and shifting the momentum of the night. Ohtani's Night That hit also ended Ohtani's history-making run of 11 straight at-bats getting on base. The two-way star had smashed two home runs and reached safely a record nine times in the Dodgers' third game walk-off. But on that night, he started on short rest â his briefest ever â after requiring an IV to recover from the prior marathon. His fastball velocity was under his seasonal norm and he struggled more as the game wore on. Even so, he showed flashes of his usual command, retiring 11 of 12 after Guerrero Jr's blast and fanning six. He even drew a walk in the first to continue his Fall Classic record. But the Toronto forced him to labor: six hits and four earned runs were charged to him in six-plus frames. Seventh Inning Rally The larger problem for Los Angeles was what followed when he eventually lost steam. Varsho started the seventh inning with a sharp hit to right, and Ernie Clement smashed a two-base hit off the wall to put two on with no outs. Roberts had no option but to pull the starter, who departed to a standing ovation from the home crowd. The Dodgers' bullpen could not finish the inning. Banda inherited the mess and immediately trailed in the count. AndrĂ©s GimĂ©nez battled to a 3-2 count before driving in Varsho with a base hit 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 game. Blake Treinen came in next but also was unable to stem the rally: Bichette and Addison Barger hit run-scoring base hits through the infield, completing a four-run outburst that pushed the margin to 6-1. Blue Jays's Toughness The Blue Jays's capacity to absorb early blows and respond has defined their whole run. They once again succeeded without George Springer, the hurt top-of-the-order man who left Game 3 after tweaking his right side. Bieber, meanwhile, was everything Toronto needed. Traded for during the summer while finishing recovery from elbow surgery, the ex- award-winning winner left multiple baserunners and quieted the Los Angeles' dangerous lineup. He gave up one earned run on four hits and three walks before the manager summoned first-year left-hander Fluharty to face the heart of the order in the sixth. Fluharty required just 4 throws to retire Max Muncy and Tommy Edman, preserving a narrow lead that quickly became safe. Former starting pitcher Bassitt then worked a clean seventh and eighth innings as the Los Angeles' offense continued to sputter. The Dodgers have produced only 3 runs over their previous 20 frames, an abrupt slowdown for a team that was among MLB's elite offenses all season. Closing Moments The Dodgers managed a run in the ninth when Tommy Edman hit into an out to bring home Teoscar HernĂĄndez after a walk and Max Muncy's double put runners aboard. But Louis Varland finished the game without allowing a comeback to build. Following a night when Toronto stranded a Fall Classic-record 19 baserunners and collapsed after wave upon wave of wasted chances, Game 4 was brutally efficient. Six separate Blue Jays recorded base hits, 5 brought home runs and the squad cashed almost every scoring chance presented in the final stanzas. Next Up The win ensures the World Series trophy will be presented at their home stadium, where the Blue Jays have not celebrated a championship since Joe Carter's iconic game-winning homer in 1993. They now know they are guaranteed a full house in Toronto on Friday evening â and perhaps Saturday â no matter what occurs next in Los Angeles. The fifth game approaches with the series reset and energy shifting to Toronto. Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell (3-1, 2.42 ERA) will attempt to halt the Toronto's momentum. Toronto respond with first-year player Yesavage (2-1, 4.26 ERA) in a rematch of the opener, when the Blue Jays knocked out Snell early in an 11-4 victory.