The Toronto Blue Jays bounced again from a troublesome Game 3 loss to even the World Series at two video games apiece following a 6-2 Game 4 victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.
Down 1-0 within the third inning at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drilled a go-ahead two-run dwelling run off Dodgers two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani to offer the street workforce a 2-1 lead. It was Guerrero Jr.’s seventh homer this postseason.
“I get that it’s easy to write Ohtani versus Guerrero. To us, it’s Toronto versus Los Angeles. But that swing was huge,” Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider advised reporters after the sport. “After last night and kind of all the recognition that went into Shohei individually and he’s on the mound today, it’s a huge swing from Vlad. It’s a huge swing to get us going.”
Guerrero Jr. mentioned he by no means misplaced religion within the Blue Jays regardless of the Game 3 defeat.
“Yesterday was a tough (loss) but we flushed it right away, to us it’s one game at a time, one pitch at a time and thank God we come in with a ‘W’ today,” Guerrero Jr. mentioned after the sport on the FOX broadcast. “I believe in this team and this team is something special.”
Fresh off a historic Game 3 efficiency, Ohtani made his first profession World Series begin on the mound. In six-plus innings, the Japanese pitcher gave up 4 runs on six hits whereas placing out six batters and strolling one.
Ohtani was lifted within the seventh inning. Toronto would rating 4 runs within the inning as Ohtani took the loss.
Ohtani had reached base safely a World Series-record 11 consecutive occasions after strolling within the first inning, however Blue Jays pitcher Shane Bieber struck him out within the third inning, ending the spectacular streak. Ohtani went hitless in three at-bats and struck out twice.
Bieber picked up the victory for Toronto after tossing five-and-a-third innings and giving up only one run on 4 hits.
After what he described as “the biggest start of my career,” Bieber spoke to broadcaster FOX concerning the Blue Jays’ fortitude.
“We have so many guys that are capable of impacting the game in a positive way, and since I got traded over here, that’s exactly who we’ve been,” the mid-season acquisition mentioned.
“It’s just a pleasure to be a part of this group.”
Toronto third baseman Ernie Clement, who was 2-for-4 in Game 4 and is driving a 10-game postseason hitting streak, echoed his teammate’s sentiments.
“That’s what we do – we bounce back,” Clement advised FOX. “We got a resilient group, and it’s a testament to the character in our clubhouse.”
The winner of Game 4 of the Fall Classic has gained the title 72% of the time.
Game 5 is scheduled for Wednesday at Dodger Stadium in a rematch between Game 1 starters Trey Yesavage for Toronto and Blake Snell for Los Angeles.