Blue Jays bounce back with Game 4 winAfter losing two consecutive games in the World Series, the Blue Jays came back for Game 4, beating the L.A. Dodgers 6-2. The LatestThe Toronto Blue Jays bounced back tonight to tie the World Series with a 6-2 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s two-run homer off Shohei Ohtani and Shane Bieber’s strong pitching performance helped lift Toronto to victory.The series is now guaranteed to return to Rogers Centre in Toronto for Game 6 on Friday.UpdatesOctober 295 hours agoOnto Game 5Myles DichterGuerrero Jr. and Clement celebrate their 6-2 win over the Dodgers in Game 4. The win tied the World Series at two games apiece. (Ben Nelms/CBC)The stakes were clear: The Toronto Blue Jays needed to shake off Monday night’s 18-inning heartbreaker and come up big in Game 4 to stop the Dodgers from widening their World Series lead.A third-inning home run from Guerrero off an Ohtani pitch proved the difference-maker, giving the Jays the momentum they needed to build a 6-2 lead over the defending champions.With the series now tied at two games apiece, Toronto will have home field advantage again for Game 6 at Rogers Centre on Friday — and potentially Game 7 on Saturday.But first, Game 5. Yesavage is the Jays’ starting pitcher tomorrow for one last game at Dodger Stadium.We’ll continue to cover the championship at cbc.ca/news.5 hours agoSchneider says Bieber has proven he’s exactly what Toronto neededGeoff NixonJohn Schneider at today’s pre-game news conference. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images via Reuters Connect)Schneider said the Jays made a move at the trade deadline to bring Bieber to Toronto so that he could pitch in big games — exactly like Game 4 of a World Series.”These are the spots that we acquired him for,” the Jays manager told reporters after the win.”He’s enjoying it and he’s embracing it and he’s been a huge part of us getting here.”Bieber held the Dodgers to just a single run during his five and one-third innings of work tonight. He struck out three Dodgers, while walking three and allowing just four hits.5 hours agoDodgers ‘didn’t get a whole lot of good swings,’ manager saysGeoff NixonRoberts speaks in a press conference before Game 4 earlier today. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images via Reuters Connect)The Dodgers manager saluted the Jays’ play in Game 4 and the work of their starting pitcher.”This team is talented, they are resilient,” Roberts said after the 6-2 loss.”They came back fighting, caught an early lead and you know, Bieber does what he does, and used the cutter, spun us, minimized damage, limited traffic [on the bases] and we really didn’t get a whole lot of good swings.”He said the Jays also did their job at the plate tonight — pointing to the third-inning home run from Guerrero and Toronto’s four-run seventh as two problems the Dodgers failed to overcome.”We just didn’t have an answer,” Roberts said.5 hours agoOhtani says he got enough rest ahead of Game 4Geoff NixonShohei Ohtani is hit in the shin by a bouncing ball before striking out in the fifth inning. (Ben Nelms/CBC)Ohtani spoke to reporters after tonight’s Game 4 loss, speaking about how he was able to prepare and rest following Monday’s marathon game, after which he’d said he wanted to get to sleep as soon as possible.”I was able to get on the mound in pretty good condition,” he said through an interpreter Tuesday night.Ohtani pitched six innings in Game 4, striking out six Blue Jays batters, but also giving up six hits, a walk and taking four earned runs.5 hours ago‘He gave me that pitch and I hit it out,’ Guerrero says of homerGeoff NixonGuerrero Jr. tags a runner, out of frame, at first during the ninth inning. (Ben Nelms/CBC)Guerrero spoke to analysts from Fox Sports shortly after the Game 4 win about his third inning, two-run home run off Ohtani.Guerrero said he simply watched for “a good pitch” to take a swing at.”He gave me that pitch and I hit it out,” he said.That home run gave Toronto the lead, and from that point in the game, the Dodgers never caught up on the scoreboard.6 hours agoA whole new seriesMyles DichterThe Jays celebrate after winning Game 4. (Ben Nelms/CBC)It’s now a best-of-three.The Blue Jays’ relatively breezy 6-2 win evens the Fall Classic at 2-2, guaranteeing a return to Toronto for Game 6 on Friday.After dropping that 18-inning marathon last night, the Blue Jays could have come out flat and dispirited tonight. Instead, they looked like their typical selves all the way down to that seventh-inning rally that busted the game wide open.Crucially, Toronto also picked up the win without George Springer, who was labelled as “hour-to-hour” earlier Tuesday but could still be an option moving forward.6 hours agoJays win 6-2, evening World Series at two wins apieceGeoff NixonGuerrero Jr. singles on a line drive to right field in the ninth inning. (Ben Nelms/CBC)Varland got a liner to the outfield from the Dodgers’ Call, which Straw fielded, to give the Jays their third out of the ninth, clinching a 6-2 victory in Game 4 of the World Series.The victory evens the best-of-seven series at two games apiece — and it guarantees that a Game 6 will take place.Game 5 will be held in Los Angeles on Wednesday, while teams will head back to Toronto for Game 6 on Friday.6 hours agoVarland gets strikeout for 2nd out in 9thGeoff NixonEnrique Hernández came to bat with one out and Muncy at second base.Varland struck out Hernández to put the Jays within one out of a victory in Game 4.6 hours agoDodgers trim Jays’ lead to 6-2 in 9thGeoff NixonEdman came to bat with two Dodgers on base and no one out, in the bottom of the ninth.He hit a hard grounder to Clement at third, who made the throw to get Edman at third.But Edman’s hit drove home Hernández, trimming the Jays’ lead to 6-2, with one out.6 hours agoDid you think it would be that easy?Myles DichterThe Los Angeles Dodgers watch from the dugout during the ninth inning. (Ashley Landis/The Associated Press)The defending champions won’t just go away quietly in their home park.Now they’ve got something brewing in the ninth — and baseball has certainly seen crazier things than a five-run comeback.
Toronto Blue Jays beat Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 to even World Series
