Los Angeles Dodgers gamers have a good time Freddie Freeman’s grand slam residence run in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays after Game 3 of baseball’s World Series, on Monday in Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman homered main off the underside of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in one other record-setting efficiency and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in Game 3 on Monday night time to win a World Series traditional.
The defending champion Dodgers took a 2-1 lead within the best-of-seven matchup and nonetheless have an opportunity to win the title at residence — one thing they have not carried out since 1963.
Freeman linked off left-hander Brendon Little, sending a 406-foot drive to straightaway heart subject to lastly finish a recreation that lasted 6 hours, 39 minutes, and matched the longest by innings in postseason historical past.
The solely different Series contest to go 18 innings was Game 3 at Dodger Stadium seven years in the past. Freeman’s present teammate, Max Muncy, gained that one for Los Angeles with an 18th-inning homer in opposition to the Boston Red Sox in a recreation that took 7 hours, 20 minutes.
It was Freeman’s second World Series walk-off homer in two years. The star first baseman hit the primary game-ending grand slam in Series historical past to win Game 1 final season in opposition to the New York Yankees.
Will Klein, the final reliever left within the Dodgers’ bullpen, received the most important win of his profession. He allowed one hit over 4 shutout innings and threw 72 pitches — twice as many as his earlier excessive within the majors.
As the hours crept by, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. munched on an apple on the dugout railing. A staffer introduced a fruit tray into the dugout and the Toronto slugger helped himself to a different piece.
Most of the 52,654 followers who caught round have been on their ft deep into the night time, together with 89-year-old Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, and solely sat in between innings.
Will Smith flied out to the left-center fence main off the underside of the 14th. Long drives by Freeman and teammate Teoscar Hernández additionally died on the warning monitor with the temperature dropping in Chavez Ravine because the night time grew late.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman connects for a grand slam residence run off Toronto Blue Jays’ pitcher Brendon Little (54) throughout the 18th inning in Game 3 of baseball’s World Series, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, in Los Angeles.
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Ohtani’s second solo homer tied it 5-all within the seventh. The two-way famous person, scheduled to start out Game 4 on the mound Tuesday, additionally doubled twice and have become the second participant with 4 extra-base hits in a World Series recreation. Frank Isbell had 4 doubles for the Chicago White Sox in Game 5 in opposition to the Chicago Cubs in 1906.
After getting 4 hits within the first seven innings, Ohtani drew 5 consecutive walks — 4 intentional. That made him the primary main leaguer in 83 years to achieve base safely 9 instances in a recreation. Nobody else has even carried out it seven instances in a postseason recreation.
Dodgers rookie Roki Sasaki induced consecutive groundouts with two runners aboard to finish the eighth. He stranded two runners within the ninth, too, after second baseman Tommy Edman made a terrific defensive play.
With two outs within the Toronto seventh, Guerrero singled off reliever Blake Treinen and scored from first on Bo Bichette’s sharp single down the right-field line for a 5-4 lead.
The ball appeared to deflect off a tv sound man alongside the low retaining wall in foul territory earlier than caroming into shallow proper subject. Teoscar Hernández’s throw residence was huge, and Guerrero narrowly beat Smith’s tag by slapping the plate together with his hand for a 5-4 lead.
Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer turned the primary participant to pitch within the World Series with 4 totally different groups. His first look was in 2012 with Detroit.
Home runs by Hernández within the second and Ohtani within the third staked the Dodgers to a 2-0 lead.
Toronto rallied with 4 runs — two unearned due to Edman’s error — to take a 4-2 lead within the fourth.
Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run homer off Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow and dashed excitedly the Blue Jays dugout holding their residence run jacket.
Andrés Giménez added a sacrifice fly earlier than Glasnow accomplished a 29-pitch inning.
Los Angeles tied it at 4 within the fifth.
Kiké Hernández singled main off in opposition to Scherzer and scored on Ohtani’s double to left-center off reliever Mason Fluharty. Ohtani scored on Freeman’s single down the right-field line.
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