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Instant Reaction: Blue Jays tie World Series with 6-2 win in Game 4 of World Series
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Instant Reaction: Blue Jays tie World Series with 6-2 win in Game 4 of World Series

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Instant Reaction: Blue Jays tie World Series with 6-2 win in Game 4 of World Series

On Tuesday night, the Blue Jays rebounded in Game 4 of the World Series, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 to even the series at two games apiece. Let’s see what happened in this one!

Vladdy puts the Jays ahead with his first home run of the World Series! 🎥Sportnet

The score remained at 2-1 until the top of the seventh inning. Daulton Varsho led off the inning with a single, followed by a double by Ernie Clement to chase Shohei Ohtani. Andrés Giménez singled to account for the Jays’ third run.

What a strike from Gimenez to extend the lead to two! 🎥Sportnet

But they didn’t stop there. Isiah Kiner-Falefa lined and Giménez nearly got a double-off, but it was canceled out on a Blue Jays challenge. That allowed Ty France to make a force play and give the Jays a 4-1 lead. Guerrero Jr. was walked intentionally, but the Jays made the Dodgers pay thanks to back-to-back hits from Bo Bichette and Addison Barger, making it 6-1. The Dodgers then scored one in the bottom of the ninth, but it wasn’t nearly enough.

Barger creates a five-point lead! 🎥Sportnet

Takeaways…

The Blue Jays closed out Monday’s game around 3 a.m. ET and watched Canadian Freddie Freeman walk away from them. It was kind of deflating, like the Jays necessary to find a way to win Game 4 with Ohtani on the mound for the Dodgers. They did exactly that. What a resilient group the Blue Jays have.

With a home run in the third inning, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. took sole ownership of the most Blue Jays home runs in postseason history. All seven of his home runs have come in this postseason and they have all been huge for the Jays.

No George Springer? No problem. The Blue Jays finished with 11 hits and six runs. Ernie Clement, Guerrero Jr., Addison Barger and Nathan Lukes all finished with two hits, while Bo Bichette, Daulton Varsho and Andrés Giménez all had a hit. Only two starters did not score a goal: Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Alejandro Kirk.
After emptying their bullpen in Game 3, the Blue Jays needed a good start from Shane Bieber. They got just that thanks to their 2025 trade deadline acquisition, when Bieber pitched five and a third innings, giving up four hits, an earned run, three walks and three strikeouts.

Their bullpen was solid. Mason Fluharty got two huge outs in the sixth inning, leaving two runners at first and second base, including a strikeout of Tommy Edman, a good rebound inning after his performance in Game 3.

Chris Bassitt has become an elite leverage reliever before our eyes. I don’t think anyone had that on their bingo card. In Game 4, he gave up his first hit of the postseason, but got a strikeout and a double play to end his second scoreless innings.

The Blue Jays have played 15 postseason games so far, and Louis Varland has played in 13 of them. In Game 4, he allowed an earned run, gave up a single and a walk, and struck out a batter. It wouldn’t be surprising if the Jays use him on Wednesday.

On the other hand, the Blue Jays held off Shohei Ohtani after the greatest player of all time reached base all nine times in Game 3. On the pitching side, the Jays tagged him for four earned runs in over six innings. On the hitting side, Ohtani was 0-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.

The Blue Jays return to action on Wednesday at 8:00 PM ET for the crucial Game 5. A win means the Jays have two chances to win the World Series at Rogers Center, while a loss means they have to win the next two games. Rookie Trey Yesavage starts for the Jays and Blake Snell starts for the Dodgers.

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