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Instant Reaction: Blue Jays even up World Series with 6-2 victory in Game 4 of World Series
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Ryley Delaney
Oct 28, 2025, 23:30 EDTUpdated: Oct 29, 2025, 00:05 EDT
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The Toronto Blue Jays will return to Toronto in the World Series.
On Tuesday evening, the Blue Jays bounced back in Game 4 of the World Series, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 to even up the series at two games apiece. Let’s take a look at what happened in this one!
For the fourth time in this series, the Dodgers opened the scoring. With runners on the corners and one out, Enrique Hernández hit a sacrifice fly, driving in Max Muncy for the 1-0 lead. Shane Bieber was able to get out of it, and the Jays responded right away, as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run home run in the top of the third.
The score stood at 2-1 until the top of the seventh. Daulton Varsho began the inning with a single, followed by a double by Ernie Clement to chase Shohei Ohtani. Andrés Giménez hit a single to drive in the Jays’ third run.
But they didn’t stop there. Isiah Kiner-Falefa lined out, and Giménez was nearly doubled off, but it was overturned after a Blue Jays’ challenge. That allowed Ty France to hit into a forceout to give the Jays a 4-1 lead. Guerrero Jr. was intentionally walked, but the Jays made the Dodgers pay thanks to back-to-back hits from Bo Bichette and Addison Barger to make it 6-1. The Dodgers went on to score one in the bottom of the ninth, but it wasn’t nearly enough.

Takeaways…

The Blue Jays wrapped up Monday’s game at around 3 AM ET, seeing Canadian Freddie Freeman walk them off. It was rather deflating, as the Jays needed to find a way to win Game 4 with Ohtani on the mound for the Dodgers. They did just that. What a resilient group the Blue Jays have.
With a home run in the third inning, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has taken over sole possession of the most Blue Jays’ home runs in postseason history. All seven of his home runs have come in this postseason, and they’ve 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 didn’t have a hit: 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 from their 2025 trade deadline acquisition, as Bieber went five and one-third innings, giving up four hits, an earned run, three walks, and striking out three.
Their bullpen was solid. Mason Fluharty got two huge outs in the sixth inning to strand two runners at first and second, including a strikeout of Tommy Edman, a good bounce-back inning after his outing 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. Game 4 saw him give up his first base hit of the postseason, but he 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 appeared in 13 of them. In Game 4, he allowed an earned run, gave up a hit and a walk, and struck out a batter. It would not be surprising if the Jays use him on Wednesday.
On the flip side, the Blue Jays contained Shohei Ohtani after the best 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 6+ innings pitched. On the hitting side of things, 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 pivotal Game 5. A win means the Jays have two shots to win the World Series at Rogers Centre, while a loss means they’d have to win the next two games. Rookie Trey Yesavage starts for the Jays, and Blake Snell starts for the Dodgers.
Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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