There is no way I could properly recap this game even if I tried. I mean we are talking about an 18-inning marathon thriller that went nearly seven hours. And that’s just what we had in game 3 of the World Series. The historic match finally ended with a Freddie Freeman walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the eighteenth inning. The starting pitching match-up which seems eons ago, saw old friend and former Dodger Max Scherzer countering Tyler Glasnow. Both pitchers were a long gone afterthought by the time the game entered the eighteenth frame.
When that Freeman home run sailed over the center field wall, everyone inside and outside of Dodger Stadium breathed a collective sigh of relief. The Dodgers had run out of pitchers, and we saw Yoshinobu Yamamoto warming up in the bullpen for the top of the nineteenth inning.
FREDDIE FREEMAN, OCTOBER LEGEND. #WORLDSERIES pic.twitter.com/SW3XeFihxq
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 28, 2025
The Blue Jays just would not go down. They scratched, clawed, fought through every inning. Those Canadiens were tough sons of…..Freddie may have hit the game winner, but reliever Will Klein was the hero. The bearded wonder tossed four shutout innings in relief. Shohei Ohtani went 4 for 4 with two home runs, (solo shots in the third, and another in the seventh that tied the score at 5-5), and walked five times.
Teoscar Hernandez also notched 4 hits, going 4 for 8 with a home run. Both teams made defensive errors, base-running blunders, and incredible throws. We saw runners thrown out at home, on the bases, and both pitching staffs were drained. Clayton Kershaw saw action getting the final out of the twelfth inning, inducing Nathan Lukes to ground out to second.
So we stayed up late, drank coffee on the edges of our seats and we prayed. I am exhausted, I can only imagine how tired the players are. The last World Series game to go 18 innings in 2018 ended with a Max Muncy walk-off home run. This game tied the record for innings, and was the second longest game in World Series history. This one only took six hours and thirty-nine minutes. Game four is tomorrow night with Shohei Ohtani taking the mound for the Dodgers and Shane Bieber for the Blue Jays. Let’s hope the Dodgers can win this one in less than six hours. What a game!
WILL KLEIN IS NASTY. #WORLDSERIES pic.twitter.com/d50jBe4XCm
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 28, 2025
Freddie Freeman. That is all. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/xCT1eXkOVm
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 28, 2025
