The 2025 World Series is now a best-of-three after the Toronto Blue Jays evened things up against the Los Angeles Dodgers at two wins apiece on Tuesday night. The Jays were able to put their demoralizing, 18-inning loss the night before behind them as the bats came back to life.
The Blue Jays won Game 4, 6-2, with the lineup looking more like what fans have become accustomed to seeing. Seven of the nine starting hitters recorded at least one hit, with four of them picking up two hits. That includes slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Guerrero Jr. finished the game 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs, two runs scored, and a walk. He took Dodgers starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani deep for a two-run shot in the top of the third inning. That gave the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead that they would never relinquish.
In doing so, he made franchise history. It was Guerrero Jr.’s seventh career postseason home run. That surpassed a mark previously set by Joe Carter and Jose Bautista, per MLB.com. Of course, all seven have come this year, making what he is doing unlike anything Blue Jays fans have ever witnessed.
Toronto, in all likelihood, is going to need more of this from its best hitter.
George Springer left Game 3 of the World Series with an oblique injury. Despite there being no official word, he was unavailable in Game 4 and appears to be out for the rest of the series.
The silver lining to the injury is that it allows the Jays to list Bo Bichette as the team’s designated hitter. He is still far from fully healthy and a liability in the field. Now, he can focus on solely helping his team offensively, which he did on Tuesday.
Bichette picked up an RBI double in the seventh inning, helping break the game open.
Game 5 is slated for Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. Trey Yesavage will oppose Blake Snell in a pitching rematch from Game 1.
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