The 2025 World Series is tied once again.
The Toronto Blue Jays rode a four-run seventh inning to a 6-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 to tie the series 2-2 and ensure it goes back to Toronto for Game 6. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. set a franchise record for most postseason home runs with his seventh on Tuesday night, a two-run shot to give his team the lead in the third inning — and the Jays never looked back.
We’ve got you covered with all the action from another big night at Dodger Stadium, from in-game analysis to our takeaways after the final pitch.
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Takeaways
Series tied 2-2
It was over when …: Shohei Ohtani hung a breaking ball to Guerrero in the top of the third inning, not long after the Dodgers took a 1-0 lead. The Jays slugger hit it 395 feet to left-center field, also scoring Nathan Lukes, who had singled ahead of him. It was Guerrero’s seventh home run this postseason, leading the Blue Jays to victory. — Jesse Rogers
Game 4 hero: Shane Bieber. On a night when both starters had to give their respective teams some length, Bieber outpitched Ohtani, navigating around four hits and three walks over 5⅓ innings and doing what no one has been able to do at Dodger Stadium lately — get Ohtani out at the plate. Bieber struck out the Dodgers’ two-way star twice. — Rogers
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The stat that defined the game: With his seventh postseason home run, Guerrero broke a tie with Joe Carter and José Bautista for the most career home runs in Blue Jays playoff history. Guerrero’s 14 postseason RBIs are also a franchise record, while his 10 extra-base hits are a tie for the most in Blue Jays playoff history. — ESPN Research
What’s next for the Dodgers: In hopes of re-taking control of this series, and avoiding having to win back-to-back games in Toronto to seal a championship, the Dodgers will turn to Blake Snell in Game 5 and hope for a turnaround. The last time Snell took the mound, in Game 1 of the World Series, he lacked command of his fastball, struggled to generate whiffs with his changeup and struggled like he hadn’t in quite a while, getting chased from a sixth inning that saw the Blue Jays score a whopping nine runs. In three playoff starts before that, Snell allowed just two runs in 21 innings.
This will mark the first time he faces the same opponent twice in a series, but Snell faced the San Diego Padres in back-to-back starts during the regular season and faced the Philadelphia Phillies really close together in September and October. It wasn’t a problem then. The Dodgers will hope it isn’t a problem now. — Alden Gonzalez
What’s next for the Blue Jays: A Game 5 win on Wednesday might feel like gravy for the Blue Jays, as they’re handing the ball to rookie Trey Yesavage for his first road start of the postseason. They’ve already secured another game in Toronto, where they won Games 6 and 7 in the ALCS — along with Game 1 of this series. If Toronto can steal a second victory in Los Angeles — with several relievers likely available again to follow Yesavage — it can turn the favored Dodgers into underdogs. — Rogers
