Guerrero Jr, Blue Jays smash Dodgers in Game 4 to even World Series

Vladimir Guerrero Jr’s two-run homer allowed Toronto Blue Jays to gully level with LA Dodgers successful best-of-seven series.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr deed a two-run location run, Shane Bieber pitched into the sixth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays levelled the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series astatine 2 games apiece with a 6-2 triumph implicit the Los Angeles Dodgers successful Game 4 connected Tuesday.

Andres Gimenez, Bo Bichette and Addison Barger each had RBI singles successful a four-run seventh inning arsenic the Blue Jays overcame the heartbreak of an 18-inning nonaccomplishment successful Game 3 to warrant a Game 6 astatine Toronto connected Friday.

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Shohei Ohtani pitched six-plus innings for the Dodgers successful his archetypal vocation World Series commencement and was charged with 4 runs connected six hits and 1 locomotion with six strikeouts. After reaching basal 9 times successful Game 3, helium was 0-for-3 astatine the sheet successful Game 4 with a locomotion and 2 strikeouts.

The Dodgers’ offence has 3 runs implicit the past 20 innings going backmost to the eighth inning of Game 3.

Game 5 successful the best-of-seven bid is scheduled for Wednesday nighttime astatine Dodger Stadium.

Enrique Hernandez gave the Dodgers a 1-0 pb successful the 2nd inning connected a sacrifice alert that scored Max Muncy.

The Blue Jays moved successful beforehand 2-1 successful the 3rd inning connected Guerrero’s two-run changeable to left-centre against Ohtani. The agelong shot was the seventh of the postseason but the archetypal of the World Series for Guerrero, who entered the nighttime without an RBI successful the Fall Classic.

When Bieber struck retired Ohtani connected a foul extremity successful the 3rd inning, it ended Ohtani’s World Series-record streak of 11 consecutive sheet appearances wherever helium reached base. Ohtani had singled successful the eighth inning of Game 2, reached basal each 9 times successful Game 3 (including 2 doubles and 2 homers), and walked successful the archetypal inning of Game 4.

Bieber (2-0) gave up 1 tally connected 4 hits implicit 5 1/3 innings with 3 walks and 3 strikeouts.

Ohtani (2-1) departed from the mound successful the seventh aft the Blue Jays opened the inning with a azygous from Daulton Varsho and a treble from Ernie Clement.

Dodgers left-hander Anthony Banda took implicit connected the mound, and Gimenez greeted him with an RBI azygous to left, making it a 3-1 game. Ty France delivered a run-scoring groundout earlier Bichette and Barger added RBI hits for a 6-1 lead.

Los Angeles got backmost 1 tally successful the ninth connected a run-scoring groundout by Tommy Edman.

Toronto played without leadoff antheral George Springer due to the fact that of an wounded to his close broadside that occurred successful Game 3.

Guerrero Jr of the Toronto Blue Jays looks connected aft hitting a two-run location tally successful the 3rd inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers successful Game 4 [Sean M Haffey/Getty Images via AFP]