Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers Silenced By Blue Jays in World Series G4 Loss, Ripped By Fans

Home-field advantage in the 2025 World Series once again belongs to the Toronto Blue Jays.

Despite losing an 18-inning stunner in Game 3 and playing without the injured George Springer on Tuesday, the American League representative bounced back in impressive fashion with a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 to even the series at two apiece.

Starter Shane Bieber allowed one earned run and four hits in 5.1 innings of work, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s two-run homer spearheaded the offensive attack. As a result, the series will return to Toronto regardless of what happens in Game 5 in Los Angeles.

The Dodgers handed the ball to Shohei Ohtani, but he was unable to match his counterpart while giving up four runs in six innings. The offense also went missing in action against Bieber and didn't generate anything of note against the bullpen combination of Mason Fluharty, Chris Bassitt and Louis Varland.

Social media criticized the effort from the home team:

As is often the case in Dodgers games, all eyes were on Ohtani. After all, he set a postseason record by reaching base nine times in a single game in the extra-inning marathon just to turn around less than 24 hours later to take the ball as a starting pitcher.

However, the first big moment belonged to the Blue Jays star.

Guerrero launched a two-run homer off Ohtani in the third to take the lead after the Dodgers struck first with a sacrifice fly from Enrique Hernández in the second. That gave Bieber, who had been inconsistent with a playoff ERA of 4.38 this year entering play, an early advantage he fully capitalized on as the game progressed.

He even managed to do the seemingly impossible when he struck out Ohtani twice to end the two-way star's streak of reaching base at 11 consecutive at-bats. It wasn't just Bieber, though, as Fluharty retired Max Muncy and Tommy Edman with two runners in the sixth to preserve that lead.

It set the stage for the Toronto offense to seize control in the late innings off the Dodgers bullpen, and it did just that with four runs in the seventh. Two of the runs were charged to Ohtani, who exited with runners on second and third and nobody out, but the RBI hits all came off the relievers.

An RBI groundout from Ty France and RBI singles from Andrés Giménez, Bo Bichette and Addison Barger broke the game open as the Dodgers bullpen was unable to replicate its extra-inning magic from the previous contest.

Toronto now has the momentum heading into Wednesday's critical Game 5 at Dodger Stadium.