Freddie Freeman hit the leadoff home run in the bottom of the 18th inning to give the Dodgers a 6–5 victory. Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night, giving Los Angeles a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven game.
The epic 6-hour, 39-minute game at Dodger Stadium was the longest Fall Classic ever pitched and ended only after both teams had burned double-digit pitchers, emptied their benches and watched several would-be walks fail in the warning lane. This also happened on the night when Shohei Ohtani produced one of the most remarkable performances in baseball's postseason history.
Quick Guide
World Series 2025
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Schedule
Best of seven series. All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).
Fri 24 Oct Game 1: Toronto Blue Jays 11, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Sat 25 Oct Game 2: Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 1
Mon, October 27 Game 3: Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5 (18 innings)
Tue 28 Oct Game 4: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 8 p.m.
Wed, 29 Oct. Game 5: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, 8 p.m.
Fri 31 Oct Game 6: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays, 8:00 p.m.*
Sat, November 1 Game 7: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays, 8:00 p.m.*
*if necessary
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• In the US, all games will be broadcast on FOX. If you have a cable/satellite subscription with FOX included, you can also stream through the FOX Sports app.
• In Canada, English broadcasts are available on Sportsnet and French broadcasts are available on RDS and TVA Sports. Games are also broadcast on Sportsnet+ (in English).
• In the UK the official broadcaster is TNT Sports. Requires a subscription to their service or their app.
• In Australia, the local copyright holder is ESPN Australia and its associated platforms.
The Dodgers are now two wins away from a championship and could win the title at home for the first time since 1963. Game 4 is Tuesday night and Ohtani will score his first goal. World Series Let's start with the mound. Very soon, the first pitch will suddenly arrive for a player who spent nearly seven hours Monday night on the bases, in the batter's box and under the brightest lights imaginable.
“I want to go to bed as soon as possible to get ready,” Ohtani said through a translator afterwards with a tired smile.
He deserved the rest. The two-way star reached base nine times, becoming the first player ever to do so. Major League Baseball game since 1942 – with two home runs, two doubles and five walks, four of them intentional. He became the first hitter in postseason history to have four extra-base hits in a World Series game, and the first to have that many intentional passes.
“The most important thing is that we won,” Ohtani said. “We turn the page and prepare for the next.”
Los Angeles needed every contribution he had to offer. The Dodgers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead as Teoscar Hernandez scored in the second and Ohtani followed with a powerful hit to the right post in the third. The noise suggested a comfortable night ahead.
Toronto ruined it in the fourth. A defensive error extended the inning, and Alejandro Kirk hit a hanging curveball from Tyler Glasnow into the left-center seats for a three-run homer. The Blue Jays added a sacrifice fly for a 4-2 lead, their bats coming back to life after cooling off in the second.
The Dodgers spent the next few hours responding to Toronto's every hit. In the fifth, Ohtani pitched into the left-center gap for an RBI double—his first extra-base hit to the opposite field in more than a month—and Freddie Freeman followed with a hard single to tie the game 4–4.
The subsequent ninth innings, one after another, maintained the tension and prevented the conflict from being resolved. The bases-only play bordered on the surreal, with a total of six runners retired, with Tommy Edman getting one out at third base in the ninth and another at the plate in the 10th thanks to a perfect relay from Hernandez.
There was even a freak hit in the sixth when Bo Bichette walked to second after mistaking the home plate umpire's delayed putt signal for a walk, only to be intercepted first by Glasnow.
The seesaw tilted again in the seventh when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ran home first off a ricochet off the side wall in right field, giving Toronto a 5–4 lead. This continued throughout the entire period of the appearance of Ohtani’s record. He sent a high-middle fastball 401 feet to left-center to tie the game for the third time.
Then came a long freeze.
Toronto refused to let Ohtani beat them again, deliberately walking him in the ninth, 11th, 13th and 15th. In one of those innings, the Blue Jays walked Ohtani and Mookie Betts to load the bases and still got a run.
Manager John Schneider's strategy worked as Toronto's bullpen continued to find outlets even as the team pursued emergency options. George Springer left the game injured in the seventh, leading to a series of emergency hitters.
The Dodgers responded with staying power of their own. They used 10 pitchers, a World Series record for a single game. Clayton Kershaw entered the 12th with the bases loaded and had an opportunity to shut down a deep threat. Rookie right-hander Will Klein pitched four scoreless innings, Freeman's walk later turned into the win.
Edgardo Enriquez and the others followed, matching zeros as the hours ticked by. Each pitch could have ended the game. It seemed like every pitch didn't do it.
Freeman nearly won it at the 13th, but his ball bounced straight off the wall. Once again in the 15th round the crowd rose as the blast rushed towards the center, but then collapsed back into their seats as soon as it was caught. As the evening approached the seventh inning extras, Dodger fans looked almost stunned by how close the game had become.
Finally, the leadoff hitter in the 18th intervened. Freeman worked a full count against lefty Brandon Little, then got a sinker that stayed up. He crushed it 406 feet straight to the center and dropped the bat.
The Dodgers poured out of the dugout. Ohtani ran out of the circle on the deck, pointing at his teammate. It was all over. It took all night. It felt like a week had passed.
Los Angeles will wake up tired, but the title is two wins away. Ohtani would take the ball again, this time not to save the Dodgers, but to bring them closer to history.
