Oct. 28 (UPI) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. sent a Shohei Ohtani sweeper out of Dodger Stadium in the third inning of Game 4, helping the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday to even the World Series 2-2.
“It’s just one game at a time, one pitch at a time and thank God we we came out with a W today,” Guerrero said on the Fox broadcast.
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Guerrero’s 395-foot, two-run blast gave the Blue Jays a 2-1 advantage in what became a 6-2 triumph in Los Angeles. The All-Star first baseman, who is hitting .419 this postseason, went 2 for 4 with two runs scored in Game 4.
The Dodgers will host the Blue Jays in Game 5 on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Blue Jays starter Shane Bieber allowed just four hits and one run over 5 1/3 innings to keep the Dodgers offense quiet. Blue Jays relief pitchers Mason Fluharty, Chris Bassitt and Louis Varland combined to allow two hits and one run over the final 3 2/3 innings.
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Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (L) runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run as Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Shohei Ohta reacts on the mound in the third inning of Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Andres Gimenez (L) helps Vladimir Guerrero Jr. put on the home run jacket during Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Veteran outfielder Enrique Hernandez brought in the game’s first run with an RBI sacrifice fly off Bieber in the bottom of the second. Guerrero proceeded to wallop a 395-foot, two-run homer off Dodgers starter Shohei Ohtani in the top of the next inning, and the Blue Jays never trailed again.
The Blue Jays added to their edge with a four-run seventh, which led to Ohtani’s exit from the mound. Ohtani, who took the mound after reaching base a record nine times as a hitter in the Dodgers’ 6-hour, 39-minute win in Game 3, allowed six hits and four runs over six innings in Game 4.
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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Shane Bieber throws a pitch against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
He went 0 for 3 at the plate.
First baseman Freddie Freeman, who hit a walk-off home run as the hero of Game 3, was the only Dodgers player with multiple hits in Game 3. He went 2 for 4.
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (L) is congratulated by left fielder Nathan Lukes after hitting a two-run home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Third baseman Ernie Clement and outfielders Addison Barger and Nathan Lukes joined Guerrero as the Blue Jays hitters to record two hits apiece.
First pitch for Game 5 is set for 8 p.m. EDT Wednesday on Fox. The Dodgers are expected to send left-handed pitcher Blake Snell to the mound. Right-handed pitcher Trey Yesavage is expected to start for the Blue Jays in a pitching rematch of Game 1.
