đ Share this article Vladimir Guerrero Jr Blasts off Shohei Ohtani as Blue Jays See Off Los Angeles to Level Series at 2-2 Less than a day after staggering through one of the most draining losses in Fall Classic annals, the Toronto Blue Jays displayed total control. Guerrero crushed a two-run homer and Bieber delivered a composed outing as the Blue Jays defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in Game 4 on Tuesday night at their home ballpark, tying the Fall Classic at two wins apiece and guaranteeing the matchup will return to Canada. Toronto had passed the morning of Tuesday processing their marathon Game 3 loss â tied for the lengthiest World Series contest ever â a loss that denied them the opportunity to take the lead in the series and burned through both relief corps. Manager John Schneider insisted afterwards that âthe Dodgers won a game, not the championshipâ. Twenty-three hours later, his team provided convincing evidence. Initial Action The Los Angeles again scored first. Max Muncy drew a walk in the second, moved up on a single and crossed the plate on KikĂ© HernĂĄndez's sacrifice fly. But the initial breakthrough did not rattle a Toronto club that topped Major League Baseball with 49 come-from-behind wins this year. They answered right away in the third. Lukes lined a one away base hit to center field and Guerrero came to the plate looking for a breaking ball. Shohei Ohtani threw a sweeper up and he sent it soaring over the outfield fence. It was his initial extra-base hit of the World Series and his 7th homer this postseason â a new club mark â regaining the Toronto's lead after 13 scoreless innings and changing the momentum of the night. Ohtani's Performance That hit also ended Shohei Ohtani's history-making run of 11 straight plate appearances getting on base. The two-way phenomenon had hit two home runs and got on base a historic nine times in the Los Angeles' Game 3 walk-off. But on Tuesday, he took the mound on limited rest â his briefest ever â after needing an IV to recover from the prior marathon. Ohtani fastball velocity sat under his regular-season average and he labored more as the game wore on. Even so, he showed flashes of his typical control, retiring 11 of 12 after Guerrero's blast and fanning six. He even drew a walk in the first inning to extend his Fall Classic record. But the Toronto made him work: six base hits and four earned runs were charged to him in over six innings. Seventh Inning Surge The bigger problem for the Dodgers was what came next when Ohtani finally lost energy. Daulton Varsho started the seventh with a sharp single to right field, and Clement smashed a double off the fence to put two on with no outs. Dave Roberts had no option but to remove the starter, who exited to a standing ovation from the home crowd. The Dodgers' bullpen could not complete the inning. Banda inherited the jam and right away fell behind. AndrĂ©s GimĂ©nez battled to a full count before driving in Varsho with a base hit to left. France came up next with a groundout to make it 4-1, and that was sufficient to remove Banda out of the game. Treinen came in next but also failed to stop the rally: Bo Bichette and Addison Barger punched RBI base hits through the infield, capping a four-run outburst that pushed the margin to 6-1. Toronto's Resilience The Blue Jays's capacity to absorb early setbacks and answer has defined their whole postseason. They once again did it without George Springer, the hurt top-of-the-order man who exited Game 3 after tweaking his right side. Shane Bieber, meanwhile, was everything Toronto required. Acquired mid-season while finishing rehab from elbow surgery, the ex- Cy Young winner left several baserunners and quieted the Dodgers' potent lineup. He gave up one run on four base hits and three free passes before the manager summoned rookie pitcher Fluharty to confront the heart of the order in the sixth. Fluharty needed just 4 throws to retire Max Muncy and Tommy Edman, protecting a narrow lead that quickly grew comfortable. Converted starting pitcher Bassitt then worked a clean seventh and eighth innings as the Los Angeles' offense kept to sputter. The Dodgers have produced only three runs over their previous 20 innings, an sudden slowdown for a club that was among MLB's top offenses all season. Final Innings The Los Angeles scraped a run in the ninth when Tommy Edman hit into an out to bring home HernĂĄndez after a base on balls and Muncy's double put two aboard. But Louis Varland closed it down without allowing a rally to build. Following a game when the Blue Jays left a World Series-record 19 runners and fell apart after repeated of missed chances, Game 4 was ruthlessly efficient. Six different Toronto players recorded base hits, 5 drove in runs and the squad cashed almost every scoring chance available in the late innings. Looking Ahead The win ensures the championship title will be awarded at their home stadium, where the Toronto have not celebrated a title since Carter's famous walk-off homer in '93. They now know they are guaranteed a packed crowd in Canada on Friday evening â and possibly Saturday â no matter what happens next in Los Angeles. The fifth game looms with the series even and momentum shifting north. Dodgers left-hander Snell (3-1, 2.42 ERA) will try to arrest the Blue Jays's surge. Toronto respond with first-year player Trey Yesavage (2-1, 4.26 ERA) in a rematch of the opener, when the Toronto chased Snell early in an 11-4 win.