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 following staggering through one of the most exhausting losses in Fall Classic history, the Blue Jays displayed total control. Guerrero crushed a two-run homer and Shane Bieber provided a steady outing as the Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 in the fourth game on Tuesday night at their home ballpark, squaring the World Series at two games each and ensuring the matchup will return to Toronto. The Blue Jays had passed the early hours of Tuesday dealing with their marathon third game defeat â tied for the longest World Series game ever â a defeat that cost them the chance to lead the series and depleted both relief corps. Skipper Schneider insisted later that âthey took a contest, not the championshipâ. A day later, his team offered convincing proof. Initial Innings The Los Angeles again struck first. Muncy drew a walk in the second, moved up on a single and scored on KikĂ© HernĂĄndez's sacrifice fly. But the initial breakthrough did not shake a Blue Jays club that topped MLB with 49 comeback victories this year. They answered immediately in the third. Lukes lined a one away single to centre and Vladimir Guerrero Jr stepped in hunting a breaking ball. Shohei Ohtani left a slider up and he sent it screaming over the left-center wall. It was his first long hit of the World Series and his seventh homer this playoffs â a new club mark â restoring the Blue Jays's advantage after 13 shutout innings and changing the tone of the game. Ohtani's Performance That swing also ended Shohei 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 historic nine times in the Los Angeles' third game walk-off. But on Tuesday, he started on short rest â his shortest ever â after needing an IV to recuperate from the previous marathon. His pitch speed sat under his seasonal average and he struggled more as the contest wore on. Even so, he displayed glimpses of his usual command, setting down 11 of 12 after Guerrero Jr's blast and striking out six. He even drew a walk in the first to continue his Fall Classic streak. But the Blue Jays forced him to labor: six base hits and four runs were charged to him in six-plus innings. Seventh Inning Rally The larger issue for Los Angeles was what followed when Ohtani finally ran out of steam. Daulton Varsho started the seventh inning with a sharp hit to right, and Ernie Clement drilled a two-base hit off the wall to put two on with no outs. Dave Roberts had little choice but to remove the starter, who exited to a roaring applause from the home crowd. The Dodgers' relief corps could not complete the inning. Banda came into the jam and immediately trailed in the count. AndrĂ©s GimĂ©nez fought to a 3-2 count before driving in the runner with a base hit to left. Ty France came up next with a groundout to make it 4-1, and that was sufficient to remove Banda out of the game. Blake Treinen came in next but also failed to stop the rally: Bo Bichette and Barger punched RBI base hits through the diamond, completing a four-run barrage that extended the lead to 6-1. Toronto's Toughness The Blue Jays's capacity to withstand early blows and answer has defined their entire run. They once again did it without Springer, the hurt top-of-the-order hitter who left Game 3 after straining his oblique. Bieber, meanwhile, was exactly what the Blue Jays required. Traded for mid-season while completing rehab from elbow surgery, the ex- award-winning winner stranded multiple runners and silenced the Los Angeles' dangerous lineup. He gave up one run on four base hits and three walks before the manager called on rookie left-hander Mason Fluharty to confront the core of the order in the sixth inning. Fluharty needed just 4 throws to retire Max Muncy and Edman, preserving a narrow lead that quickly became comfortable. Converted starting pitcher Bassitt then pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth innings as the Los Angeles' offense continued to struggle. The Dodgers have scored only three scores over their last 20 innings, an sudden downturn for a team that ranked among baseball's elite lineups all season. Closing Moments The Dodgers managed a run in the ninth when Tommy Edman grounded out to bring home Teoscar HernĂĄndez after a walk and Muncy's two-base hit put two aboard. But Varland closed it down without permitting a comeback to develop. After a night when the Blue Jays left a Fall Classic-record 19 runners and collapsed after repeated of wasted chances, the fourth contest was ruthlessly effective. Six separate Blue Jays collected hits, 5 drove in scores and the team converted almost every run-scoring chance presented in the final stanzas. Next Up The win guarantees the championship trophy will be presented at Rogers Centre, where the Blue Jays have not celebrated a title since Carter's iconic game-winning home run in 1993. They now know they are assured a packed crowd in Canada on Friday evening â and perhaps Saturday â no matter what occurs next in Los Angeles. The fifth game looms with the series reset and energy swinging north. Dodgers left-hander Snell (3-1, 2.42 ERA) will try to arrest the Blue Jays's momentum. The Blue Jays counter with rookie Trey Yesavage (2-1, 4.26 ERA) in a repeat of the opener, when the Toronto knocked out Snell quickly in an 11-4 win.