Freeman’s 18th-Inning Walk-Off Lifts Dodgers Over Blue Jays in Marathon World Series Game 3

The Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off one of the most epic finishes in Fall Classic history Monday night, when Freddie Freeman crushed a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning to give the Dodgers a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the 2025 World Series, taking a 2-1 series lead.

Freeman connected in dramatic fashion against left-hander Brendon Little, slicing a full-count sinker deep into straightaway center field to end the 6-hour, 39-minute marathon, which tied the record for most innings in a World Series game.

“I’m just glad we won,” Freeman said. “To have it happen again a year later, to hit another walk-off — it’s kind of amazing, crazy.”

The night was also defined by the superlative performance of Shohei Ohtani, who became the first player in postseason history to reach base nine times in a single game and the first ever to record four extra-base hits in a World Series contest. Following his second homer, Toronto intentionally walked him four times.

“What I accomplished today is in the context of this game,” Ohtani said through an interpreter, “and what matters the most is we flip the page and play the next game.”

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts called it “one of the greatest World Series games of all time … I’m spent emotionally.”

The Blue Jays, meanwhile, were left to digest a painful loss after leaving a record 19 runners on base — the most ever in a single World Series game by one team.

“We’re still in this,” said Blue Jays manager John Schneider. “It sucks that it’s late right now, we got to come back and do it again tomorrow, but these guys are going to be more than ready.”

The series now shifts back with Ohtani expected to take the mound for the Dodgers and try to build on this legendary victory.