LOS ANGELES — Battered. Bruised. Overwhelmed down. And crushed up.
The Blue Jays however refused to go bust.
They gained each a battle of attrition Tuesday and Sport 4 of the World Sequence with their model of an extended day’s journey into struggle. They didn’t give up to the bodily or emotionally withering influence of shedding an 18-inning intestine punch on Monday evening. Or being with out their leadoff hitter and bellwether George Springer. Or having to face the multipronged downside of Shohei Ohtani, pitcher and hitter.
They fought and clawed and refused to relent. They outpitched, outhit and out-endured the defending champions to win 6-2. That tied the 121st World Sequence at two video games apiece and guaranteed — at minimal — that this best-of-seven should return to Canada for at the least a Sport 6. It implies that if the Dodgers are to grow to be the primary staff because the 1998-2000 three-peat Yankees to win consecutive titles, it must be on the street — which isn’t unfamiliar.
