Shohei Ohtani and Dodgers fall to Blue Jays in World Series Game 4

Hangover 4.

Have they made that movie yet? No? Well, they just did, at Dodger Stadium Tuesday night, complete with headaches, nausea and the shaky feeling of impending doom.

Less than a day after an exhausting six-and-a-half hour, 18-inning victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Dodgers curled up in the corner with a cold wash cloth while the Jays smothered them with it.

After four games of this World Series, the Dodgers have the sweats while the Jays are fresh, feisty and very much alive, having pulled into a two-game-apiece tie after a 6-2 victory in a slog of a Game 4.

⚾ Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 2 — FINAL

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run home run and Toronto scored four more runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night.

The series is tied 2-2 heading into Game 5 at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday at 5 p.m. There will be a Game 6 in Toronto on Friday.

The Blue Jays held the Dodgers to six hits. Shohei Ohtani gave up six hits, four earned runs and had six strikeouts and one walk over six innings.

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Ninth-inning recap

Top of the ninth: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. led with a single off a line drive to right field. Bo Bichette grounded out to Freddie Freeman at first, moving Guerrero to second base.

Jack Dreyer struck out Addison Barger, then intentionally walked Alejandro Kirk before striking out Daulton Varsho for the third out.

Bottom of the ninth: Facing Toronto reliever Louis Varland, Teoscar Hernández drew a walk. Max Muncy followed with a liner into the right-field corner for a standup double, moving Hernández to third.

Tommy Edman then grounded out to third for the first out, scoring Hernández to make it 6-2 Toronto.

Varland struck out Kiké Hernández before Alex Call flied out to left field to end the game.

⚾ Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 1 — Through eighth inning

Top of the eighth: Facing Dodgers reliever Jack Dreyer, Daulton Varsho popped out to third.

Ernie Clement then reached base when Dreyer hesitated to cover first on a liner fielded by Freddie Freeman, allowing Clement to slide safely into the bag ahead of Freeman’s toss to Dreyer.

Dreyer then hit Andrés Giménez with a pitch. Isiah Kiner-Falefa grounded out to short, but he moved the runners to third and second.

Dreyer struck out Myles Straw to end the frame.

Bottom of the eighth: Mookie Betts led with a single to left off Toronto reliever Chris Bassitt. Freddie Freeman then struck out on three pitches. Will Smith then hit into a 6-4-3 double play to send the game to the ninth inning.

⚾ Blue Jays 6, Dodgers 1 — Through seventh inning

Top of the seventh: Shohei Ohtani gave up a first-pitch single to Daulton Varsho before Ernie Clement doubled off the wall in left-center field, putting runners on third and second.

Clement’s hit ended Ohtani’s night on the mound. He gave up six hits and two runs (off a home run to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the third inning), struck out six and walked one over six innings and 93 pitches.

Dodgers reliever Anthony Banda was tasked with defusing the situation, but Andrés Giménez singled on a liner to left field to score Varsho and extend the Blue Jays’ lead.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa then hit a rocket of a liner to third that Max Muncy grabbed. He just missed out on executing a double play when a retreating Giménez managed to make it back to the bag before Muncy’s throw reached Freddie Freeman (on-field call reversed on review).

Ty France then drove in Clement from third on groundout to second base to make it 4-1 Blue Jays.

After Banda intentionally walked Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Dodgers manager Dave Roberts put Blake Treinen on the mound.

Bo Bichette then smacked a hanging breaking ball from Treinen for a sharp liner off the wall in left field to plate Giménez and make it 5-1 Blue Jays.

Addison Barger followed with a line drive past diving shortstop Mookie Betts to score Guerrero, making it 6-1 Toronto.

Treinen struck out Alejandro Kirk to end Toronto’s four-run rally.

Bottom of the seventh: Facing Blue Jays reliever Chris Bassitt, Kiké Hernández grounded out to short. Bassitt struck out pinch-hitter Alex Call before Shohei Ohtani grounded out to second base, ending the inning.

⚾ Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 1 — Through sixth innings

Top of the sixth: Bo Bichette flied out to left field before Addison Barger grounded out to Shohei Ohtani. Alejandro Kirk struck out for a 1-2-3 frame.

Bottom of the sixth: Freddie Freeman led with a single to right before Daulton Varsho made a sliding catch on a liner to center field.

Teoscar Hernández followed with a liner up the middle to put runners on first and second, ending Shane Bieber’s night on the mound for Toronto.

Facing reliever Mason Fluharty, Max Muncy flied out to center. Fluharty struck out Tommy Edman to strand Freeman and Hernández.

⚾ Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 1 — Through fifth inning

Top of the fifth: Shohei Ohtani struck out Andrés Giménez before Isiah Kiner-Falefa flied out to left field. Nathan Lukes then drove a grounder through the gap to left field. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. lined out to Andy Pages in center field for the third out.

Bottom of the fifth: Pages flied out to right field. Shohei Ohtani took a called third strike from Shane Bieber before Mookie Betts lined out to center field, ending the inning.

Bieber has give up one run and two hits, with three strikeouts and three walks over 75 pitches.

If Los Angeles is acting a little superstitious this week, blame it on the Dodgers.

For many die-hard fans, it’s simply not enough to pay upward of a $1,000 for a night at Dodger Stadium, to fly the True Blue flag on your car and at your home, to dress your dog like a member of the starting lineup.

For the regular season, maybe. But this is the World Series, and that requires extreme measures.

So they wear the same unwashed Dodgers shirt each game. Eat the same meal every night. Sit in the same chair the entire time (even when the game lasts more than six hours). Pray to a Dodgers altar that features a Vin Scully bobblehead, a 1953 World Series program and a photo of Jackie Robinson signing his first contract.

There is that certain hat. That certain song. That certain bar. A lucky spoon. Every bit helps, right?

⚾ Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 1 — Through fourth inning

Top of the fourth: Shohei Ohtani struck out Alejandro Kirk, Daulton Varsho and Ernie Clement. Ohtani has given three hits and two runs, with four strikeouts and one walk over 59 pitches.

Bottom of the fourth: Teoscar Hernández flied out to center field. Shane Bieber then struck out Max Muncy on three pitches. Tommy Edman drew a five-pitch walk before Kiké Hernández flied out to right to end the inning.

⚾ Blue Jays 2, Dodgers 1 — Through third inning

Top of the third: Isiah Kiner-Falefa grounded out to second. Nathan Lukes then singled on a sharp liner to right field for the Blue Jays’ first hit.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run home run to left-center field for his seventh homer of the postseason to give the Blue Jays a 2-1 lead. The 395-foot blast was his first extra-base hit of the series.

Bo Bichette grounded out to second and Addison Barger flied out to left to end the inning.

Bottom of the third: Shane Bieber struck out Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts lined out to third baseman Ernie Clement. Freddie Freeman followed with a flare to left field for a single. Will Smith grounded out to third to strand Freeman.

⚾ Dodgers 1, Blue Jays 0 — Through second inning

Top of the second: Daulton Varsho hit a first-pitch popup to Mookie Betts at short. Ernie Clement then grounded out to first, with Shohei Ohtani catching a throw from Freddie Freeman as he ran to cover the bag.

Andrés Giménez then grounded out softly to Ohtani to end the seven-pitch frame.

Bottom of the second: Teoscar Hernández grounded out to short before Max Muncy drew a four-pitch walk from Shane Bieber. Tommy Edman followed with a single to center field, putting runners on the corners.

Kiké Hernández hit a sacrifice fly to deep right field to score Muncy and make it 1-0 Dodgers.

Andy Pages flied out to center field to end the inning.

⚾ Blue Jay 0, Dodgers 0 — Through first inning

Top of the first: Dodgers left fielder Kiké Hernández made a spectacular, stretching catch over the wall in foul territory on a ball hit by Nathan Lukes for the game’s first out. Shohei Ohtani then struck out Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on three pitches.

Ohtani walked Bo Bichette for the Blue Jays’ first baserunner. After Addison Barger singled to third, Alejandro Kirk popped out to Freddie Freeman at first base to cap the frame.

Bottom of the first: Facing Toronto starting pitcher Shane Bieber, Shohei Ohtani drew a six-pitch walk. He has reached base in 11 consecutive plate appearances.

Mookie Betts flied out to right-center field. Freddie Freeman, the walk-off home run hero of Game 3, hit a chopper toward second, with Isiah Kiner-Falefa fielding and throwing out Ohtani at second. Will Smith flied out to right to end the inning.

Game 3 of the 2025 World Series was epic.

The Dodgers needed 54 outs before they finally walked off with a 6-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in the bottom of the 18th inning for a 2-1 series lead.

This is a deep dive into one of those outs. It may seem relatively insignificant, considering all the other huge moments during the 6 hours 39 minutes it took to complete the instant classic at Dodger Stadium. But it was important in more ways than one.

You’d be forgiven for not remembering the trade.

On June 2 this year, the Dodgers were in need of pitching help. At the time, their rotation had been ravaged by injuries, and their bullpen was overworked and running low on depth. Thus, the morning after their relievers had been further taxed following a short start from Yoshinobu Yamamoto against the New York Yankees, the Dodgers went out and added a little-known pitcher in a deal with the Seattle Mariners.

Will Klein’s origin story had quietly begun.

After intentionally walking Shohei Ohtani four consecutive times in extra innings of Game 3 on Monday night, Blue Jays manager John Schneider said he wouldn’t be afraid of taking the bat out of Ohtani’s hands for the rest of this series.

Could that include another intentional walk in his leadoff at-bat to begin Game 4?

“Haven’t decided yet,” Schneider said before the game.

For as confounding as that decision might sound, the Blue Jays were punished for their decision to pitch to Ohtani early in Monday’s game, watching him hit two doubles and two home runs — including a tying blast on a misplaced fastball in the seventh inning that helped get the game to extras.

How did Dave Roberts sleep after Monday’s 18-inning marathon of a game?

Well, actually, he explained with a smile.

“I took a little sleep aid to get off my high,” Roberts said with a grin. “Woke up with clarity, freshness, and excited to go tonight.”

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Who would have pitched if World Series Game 3 had gone 19+ innings?

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Indeed, only in baseball can one playoff game end minutes shy of midnight, for the next to begin just 17 hours later.

That was the challenge facing both the Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays entering Game 4 on Tuesday. And even though many players in the Dodgers clubhouse had previous experience from their 18-inning World Series game in 2018, “I don’t know if there’s anything you can learn from it,” third baseman Max Muncy said with a laugh.

“Tomorrow, later today, is going to come really, really quick,” Muncy said in the clubhouse after Game 3. “So you’ve got to get home, try to get some rest and try to recover as best you can.”

Despite the record-setting nature of Monday’s six-hour, 39-minute game, the Dodgers made no alterations to their lineup on Tuesday.

The team had the same starting nine — which posed a particular challenge for catcher Will Smith after catching all 18 innings the night before.

“He’s going to go out there and catch again today somehow,” Game 3 hero Will Klein joked.

Shohei Ohtani also will still make his scheduled pitching start, even after reaching base a postseason record nine times on Monday.

“It’s trust, it’s kind of getting to know the person, the player, and what his limitations are,” Roberts said about how he would manage Ohtani’s pitching workload in Game 4. “But, yeah, he’s in great shape, very well conditioned. I expect him to be ready for today. This guy is a different kind of athlete and a different brain.”

The Blue Jays did have to make an alteration for Tuesday, playing without designated hitter George Springer after he left Monday’s game early with an apparent side injury.

“He’s hour to hour,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said of Springer before the lineup was announced.

As for the rest of his team, how are they adjusting after Monday’s stinging defeat?

“It’s just wake up,” Schneider said, “get ready to do it again.”

Shohei Ohtani stepped back from the party at home plate during which the Dodgers celebrated Freddie Freeman’s latest World Series walk-off home run.

Ohtani set off for another destination.

With his left arm wrapped around Roki Sasaki, Ohtani ran toward his team’s bullpen, from which Yoshinobu Yamamoto emerged. When Yamamoto intercepted his two countrymen on the left-field turf, Ohtani pulled him in with his free arm. Joined by their interpreters, the players embraced each other in celebration, jumping up and down.

How appropriate.

The L.A. churro and the evolution of pan dulce. Plus more Dodgers-themed food and drink for the World Series, the new Hollywood Distillery in a former mortuary, spiced hot chocolate for Day of the Dead and a Paris ham-and-butter sandwich better than the one the internet loves. I’m Laurie Ochoa, general manager of L.A. Times Food, with Tasting Notes.

The sweet spot

Ellen Ramos inside Santa Canela, the bakery she opened in L.A.’s Highland Park.

(Laurie Ochoa / Los Angeles Times)

I’ve been thinking about the conchas Ellen Ramos makes at the Highland Park bakery Santa Canela and how Mexican pan dulce has been evolving in Southern California.

LAS VEGAS — The fifth in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers.

Mike Davis spent 10 seasons in the major leagues, where he played for Billy Martin and next to Rickey Henderson. He topped 20 home runs twice and stole more than 20 bases three times.

He was, by all measures, an exceptional player.

Yet in Los Angeles he’s remembered — when he’s remembered at all — for just one plate appearance.

For all the times the Toronto Blue Jays walked Shohei Ohtani, they lost Game 3 of the World Series because of the one time they did not walk him.

They learned their lesson, four times over.

Here’s another Babe Ruth comparison: Ruth played in 41 World Series games. He was intentionally walked twice.

On Monday, in one World Series game, Ohtani was intentionally walked four times.

The situation called for it — no, begged for it — in the seventh inning. The Blue Jays led, 5-4, with one out and the bases empty. Ohtani already had batted three times, with two doubles and a home run.

Whether it’s wearing a specific jersey — or in the case of Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s interpreter, lucky boxers with a rabbit shooting a rainbow-colored laser out of its eyes — or making sure you’re watching the game from the spot on the couch, superstitions abound when it comes to sports, especially during the playoffs.

L.A. bleeds blue, and now that the Dodgers are facing off against the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series, we want to hear your superstitions, actions and the lucky items you’re employing to help cheer the team on to victory.

Tell us your superstitions, and we might share your story in a future article.

Here are the starting lineups for Game 4 of the World Series between the Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday at 5 p.m. PDT.

While most Dodgers fans are watching all the action of the World Series from a screen, some have made it their mission to be inside of the stadium where it happens.

It’s no secret that attending a World Series game isn’t cheap. But just how expensive is it? The prices may surprise you.

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This year’s tickets at Dodger Stadium, originally priced between about $340 to $550 for many seats, were almost impossible to nab at face value, and resale prices on sites like StubHub and Vivid Seats skyrocketed (we’ve spotted prices upward of $200,000). However, by Game 3, tickets had dropped, allowing some fans to snag them up last minute for less than $700. (Plus these folks bargained for three hours of baseball and ended up getting six — twice the deal they expected, along with the chance to witness Freddie Freeman hit yet another walk-off home run.)

As crowds swarmed into the stadium before Game 3, we asked attendees about how much they paid to get into the game and what it meant to them to be there.

Freddie, meet Freddie.

It was excruciating. It was exhausting. It was ecstatic.

It was Fred-die, Fred-die, Fred-die, forever.

Repeating history, rocking the Ravine, winning the unwinnable, Freddie Freeman has done it again for the Dodgers, knocking a baseball for a second consecutive October into probably a second consecutive championship.

In the 18th inning of the longest World Series game in baseball history Monday, nearly seven hours after it started, Freeman smashingly ended it with a leadoff home run against the Toronto Blue Jays to give the Dodgers a 6-5 victory and a two-games-to-one lead.

In the twilight hours of the early evening, before one of baseball’s most remarkable nights transformed from relatively normal to patently absurd, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts thought he knew where Game 3 of the World Series was heading.

“Ultimately,” he said during an in-game interview with the Fox television broadcast, “it’s gonna be a battle of the bullpens tonight.”

Turned out, it would escalate into an 18-inning war.

In a game that tested mental mettle, physical stamina, emotional composure and the most extreme limits of both teams’ bullpens, the Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays tied a record for the longest World Series game ever played on Monday night.

The Dodgers face the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 4 of the 2025 World Series at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday at 5 p.m. PDT. The Dodgers lead the best-of-seven series 2-1.

The game will be televised on Fox, Fox One and Fox Deportes. Radio broadcasts in the Los Angeles area will be on 570 AM and 1020 AM (Español).

Here are the latest betting odds for Game 4 of the World Series:

Here’s the TV schedule for the rest of the series (all times Pacific):

Game 5: Wednesday, 5 p.m. at Dodger Stadium | Fox, Fox One, Fox Deportes

*Game 6: Friday, 5 p.m. at Toronto | Fox, Fox One, Fox Deportes

*Game 7: Saturday, 5 p.m. at Toronto | Fox, Fox One, Fox Deportes

* if necessary