Blue Jays' beat Shohei Ohtani, defending world champs to bring the series back to Toronto

The World Series is all tied up after the Blue Jays beat up on Shohei Ohtani, who surrendered four runs in six innings of work last night.

Shane Bieber, however worked 5.1 innings of one-run ball, holding the Dodgers at bay over 81 pitches.

Bieber allowed just four hits on the night while striking out three, working the edges of the zone to give the Blue Jays a chance to win.

In his first at-bat Vladimir Guerrero Jr. struck out swinging on a nasty sweeper from Ohtani in the opening frame and in the third, with one runner on and a 2-1 count, Ohtani left the same pitch at the top of the zone. Guerrero Jr. unleashed a massive cut and sent the offering into the left-field stands to give the Blue Jays a lead they wouldn't relinquish.

With that blast off Ohtani, Guerrero Jr became the all-time Blue Jays leader in postseason home runs (7), surpassing Joe Carter (6) and Jose Bautista (6).

Guerreo Jr is hitting .419/.500/.806 in October, and for historical perspective, consider this: Guerrero Jr. has reached base 36 times during the playoffs, and the only player to do so more in their first 15 games of a post-season was Barry Bonds (38).

It was such a gutsy triumph for the Jays, coming off a crushing 18-inning loss the night before, a triumph of will in which they once again revealed the impressive character that has driven the group this close to a title.

And with it, they reduced this increasingly compelling World Series to a best-of-three.

As Guerrero's blast sailed over the wall in centre, it guaranteed that the World Series will not only return to Toronto but be settled there in either Game 6 or 7 this weekend.