Dodgers, Blue Jays deliver epic World Series game

A sleeping large lastly wakened late Monday night time on the West Coast and early Tuesday morning on the East Coast.

Freddie Freeman got here to bat within the backside of the 18th inning and hit a solo house run to present the Los Angeles Dodgers a World Collection Sport 3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, 6–5. He turned the primary participant in MLB Postseason historical past to hit a number of walk-off house runs within the World Collection. He did it final yr in Sport 1 in opposition to the New York Yankees.

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Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates his stroll off house run in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays in the course of the 18th inning of Sport 3 of the baseball World Collection, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Brynn Anderson)

The marathon may have ended at any level between the tenth and 18th innings. The Dodgers had an enormous alternative within the backside of the thirteenth. Freeman got here to bat with the bases loaded and hit the ball so far as he may earlier than it was adopted by a Blue Jays outfielder.

Toronto made some dangerous choices on the basepaths that led to zero. It was value attempting to finish the sport on the time, however defensive performs by Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernandez may sprint the Blue Jays’ hopes of a victory.

With out the play of Shohei Ohtani, the match won’t have even gone to additional time.

Ohtani hit two house runs in a 4-for-4 night time for the Dodgers. He reached base safely 9 instances, setting a World Collection file. Ohtani will pitch in Sport 4 on Tuesday night time – lower than 24 hours after Freeman hit the house run.

“I would like to fall asleep as quickly as doable so I can prepare,” Ohtani instructed FOX’s Tom Verducci by means of an interpreter.

Shohei Ohtani of Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates his house run in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays in the course of the seventh inning of Sport 3 of the baseball World Collection, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/Brynn Anderson)

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Dodgers reliever Will Klein additionally performed an enormous function in Los Angeles’ victory. Klein pitched 4 innings of scoreless baseball and struck out 5. He threw 72 pitches – the second many of the night time behind starter Tyler Glasnow.

Hernandez led off Los Angeles with a solo house run off Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer within the second inning. Ohtani adopted that up together with his first homerun of the night within the third inning. However these have been the one two negatives for Scherzer.

The veteran star pitcher set the file on the way in which house. He was hit for 3 earned runs on 5 hits in 4.1 innings.

Toronto struck again within the prime of the fourth inning.

Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run house run off Tyler Glasnow to present Toronto the lead. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette scored on the dinger. Later, Andres Gimenez scored Addison Barger on a sacrifice fly.

Alejandro Kirk of the Toronto Blue Jays celebrates after hitting a three-run house run in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the course of the fourth inning of Sport 3 of the baseball World Collection, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photograph/David J. Phillip)

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An Ohtani RBI double and a Freddie Freeman RBI single tied the sport within the backside of the fifth. However Bichette singled in Guerrero to take again the lead.

After all, Ohtani had the possibility to make a fair larger influence. With nobody on within the backside of the seventh, Ohtani hit a monster homerun off Seranthony Dominguez to tie the sport once more.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays will meet within the 2025 World Collection. (FOX)

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From then on, it was an 18-inning marathon, tying the longest sport in World Collection historical past.

Sport 4 is scheduled for later Tuesday at 8 PM ET on FOX.

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