LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Shohei Ohtani and two relievers allowed four runs in the seventh inning as the Toronto Blue Jays broke open what had been a one- run game en route to a 6-2 victory over the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium Tuesday evening, tying the best-of-seven series at two games a piece.
The Dodgers were held to six hits by right-hander Shane Bieber and three relievers.
Game 5 of the best-of-seven series will be played Wednesday at Dodger Stadium, then return to Toronto for Game 6 Friday, and Game 7 Saturday, if necessary.
Daulton Varsho singled and Ernie Clement doubled to begin the seventh, prompting manger Dave Roberts to relieve Ohtani with Anthony Banda after he had thrown 93 pitches.
Andrés Giménez singled on the eighth pitch from Banda, driving in Varsho.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa lined out to Max Muncy, the Dodgers’ third baseman, who threw to Freddie Freeman, their first baseman, with Giménez called out by Adam Hamari, the first base umpire.
The Blue Jays challenged the call, which was overturned following video review.
Pinch hitter Ty France grounded out to Tommy Edman, the Dodgers’ second baseman, with Clement scoring.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who had hit a two-run homer in the third, was intentionally walked. Blake Treinen replaced Banda and allowed a single to Bo Bichette, to drive in Giménez, increasing Toronto’s lead to 5-1.
Addison Barger singled on the next pitch to drive in Guerrero.
Bieber (2-0), a 2013 graduate of Laguna Hills High School and the 2020 American League Cy Young Award winner, allowed one run and four hits in 5 1/3 innings with three walks and three strike outs.
Ohtani (2-1) allowed four runs on six hits in six innings, with six strikeouts and one walk in his World Series pitching debut. He did not pitch in the 2024 World Series as he recovered from a procedure to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow performed on Sep. 19, 2023.
The Dodgers opened the scoring in the second. Muncy walked with one out, moved to third on Edman’s single and scored on Kiké Hernandez’s sacrifice fly.
The Dodgers scored their other run in the ninth. Teoscar Hernández led off by drawing a six-pitch walk from Louis Varland, the fourth pitcher for the Blue Jays, who had just entered the game.
Muncy doubled on the next pitch. Hernández scored when the next batter, Edman, grounded out.
The Dodgers were out-hit 11-6, in front of a sell-out crowd announced at 52,552, which included Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, the former Meghan Markle, who was born and raised in Los Angeles. They sat one row in front of Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax.
The Dodgers were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven runners on base. Toronto was 3-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left nine runners on base.
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