đ Share this article Guerrero Blasts off Ohtani as Blue Jays Defeat Dodgers to Level World Series at 2-2 Less than a day after staggering through one of the most exhausting losses in World Series history, the Toronto Blue Jays displayed complete control. Guerrero smashed a two-run home run and Shane Bieber delivered a steady outing as the Blue Jays beat the Dodgers 6-2 in the fourth game on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, squaring the World Series at two wins apiece and guaranteeing the series will return to Canada. Toronto had spent the early hours of the next day processing their 18-inning Game 3 loss â tied for the lengthiest World Series contest ever â a defeat that cost them the opportunity to take the lead in the series and burned through both relief corps. Manager Schneider insisted afterwards that âthe Dodgers took a game, not the championshipâ. Twenty-three hours later, his squad offered emphatic evidence. Early Action The Los Angeles again scored first. Muncy walked in the second, moved up on a single and scored on HernĂĄndez's sacrifice fly. But the initial score did not rattle a Toronto team that topped Major League Baseball with 49 comeback victories this season. They responded right away in the third. Lukes lined a one away single to center field and Guerrero stepped in looking for a breaking ball. Shohei Ohtani left a sweeper up and he sent it screaming over the outfield fence. It was his initial long hit of the World Series and his seventh home run this postseason â a new club record â regaining the Toronto's advantage after 13 scoreless frames and changing the momentum of the game. Shohei's Night That hit also ended Ohtani's history-making streak of 11 straight plate appearances reaching base. The dual-threat star had hit two home runs and got on base a record nine times in the Dodgers' Game 3 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 was under his regular-season norm and he struggled more as the contest progressed. Even so, he displayed glimpses of his typical command, retiring 11 of 12 after Guerrero's blast and striking out six. He even drew a walk in the first inning to extend his Fall Classic streak. But the Toronto made him work: six hits and four runs were credited to him in six-plus frames. Late Game Surge The bigger issue for Los Angeles was what came next when he finally lost steam. Daulton Varsho opened the seventh with a clean single to right field, and Ernie Clement smashed a two-base hit off the fence to put runners on with no outs. Dave Roberts had no option but to pull the starter, who exited to a standing ovation from the home crowd. The Dodgers' relief corps could not complete the escape. Banda came into the jam and right away trailed in the count. AndrĂ©s GimĂ©nez battled to a full count before driving in the runner with a single to left. France came up next with a groundout to make it 4-1, and that was sufficient to knock Banda out of the contest. Treinen came in next but also was unable to stop the momentum: Bichette and Barger hit RBI singles through the infield, completing a four-run barrage that extended the lead to 6-1. Blue Jays's Resilience The Blue Jays's capacity to absorb initial setbacks and respond has characterized their whole run. They once again succeeded without George Springer, the injured top-of-the-order man who left Game 3 after straining his right side. Bieber, in contrast, was everything the Blue Jays needed. Traded for mid-season while finishing recovery from elbow surgery, the ex- Cy Young winner left several baserunners and quieted the Dodgers' potent batting order. He gave up one earned run on four hits and three walks before Schneider called on first-year pitcher Mason Fluharty to face the heart of the order in the sixth. He required just 4 pitches to retire Max Muncy and Tommy Edman, preserving a narrow lead that soon grew safe. Converted starting pitcher Chris Bassitt then pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth innings as the Los Angeles' offense kept to struggle. Los Angeles have scored only three scores over their last 20 innings, an abrupt slowdown for a team that ranked among MLB's top lineups all year. Final Innings The Dodgers scraped a run in the ninth inning when Edman grounded out to bring home Teoscar HernĂĄndez after a base on balls and Muncy's two-base hit put runners aboard. But Varland finished the game without allowing a comeback to develop. After a night when the Blue Jays left a Fall Classic-record 19 baserunners and fell apart after wave upon wave of missed chances, Game 4 was brutally effective. 6 different Blue Jays collected base hits, five drove in runs and the team cashed almost every scoring chance available in the final innings. Looking Ahead The victory ensures the World Series trophy will be presented at their home stadium, where the Blue Jays have not won a championship since Joe Carter's famous game-winning homer in 1993. They now are aware they are assured a packed crowd in Canada on Friday evening â and perhaps the next day â no matter what happens next in Los Angeles. Game 5 looms with the series reset and energy shifting to Toronto. Los Angeles pitcher Blake Snell (3-1, 2.42 ERA) will attempt to halt the Blue Jays's momentum. Toronto respond with rookie Yesavage (2-1, 4.26 ERA) in a repeat of the opener, when the Toronto knocked out the starter quickly in an decisive win.