If it was chaos you wanted, the Dodgers and Blue Jays delivered it for 18 innings.
Records were broken, and so were bedtimes.
Monday’s World Series Game 3 between the Dodgers and Blue Jays stretched deep into the night, becoming the second-longest game in World Series history at 6 hours and 39 minutes.
Freddie Freeman ended the marathon with a solo home run in the bottom of the 18th inning, lifting Los Angeles to a 6-5 win. It trailed only the 2018 Game 3 between the Dodgers and Red Sox, which lasted 7 hours and 20 minutes.
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With the series tied at 1-1 heading into the night, Los Angeles outlasted Toronto, the better team and maybe the better caffeinated.
The Dodgers clawed back from a 4-2 deficit and tied the game in the seventh at 5-5 before Freeman’s late blast sealed the victory and sent Dodger Stadium into delirium.
A total of 19 pitchers were used between the two teams, a World Series record that underscored the night’s endurance.
LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 27: Freddie Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers reacts after hitting a walk-off home run in the 18th inning of Game Three of the 2025 World Series presented by Capital One between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium on Monday, October 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Sights from inside Dodger Stadium showed fans still hitting the concessions late into the night, though they also got a full game’s worth of innings as the stadium made its last call in the seventh.
To survive that far into the game, hero reliever Will Klein pitched four scoreless innings, delivering a clutch performance.
Also taking the mound in Game 3 was Clayton Kershaw, who was thrust into a bases-loaded, two-out situation that had fans at Chavez Ravine on pins and needles. Kershaw survived the evening unscathed.
Before all the extra-inning madness, Shohei Ohtani’s two home runs helped Los Angeles catch up with Toronto. Ohtani was intentionally walked four times.
Los Angeles, CA – October 27:Dodger teammates greet Freddie Freeman (5) after he hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning in game 3 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on Monday, October 27, 2025. The Dodgers won the epic game 6-5 and take a 2-1 lead in the series. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images) lacatrina andante
Ohtani reached base nine times, tying an MLB record and marking the most ever in a postseason, while going yard twice to keep LA’s offense afloat. Baseball’s unicorn now prepares to start on the mound for the Dodgers in Game 4.
LOS ANGELES, CA – OCTOBER 27: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in Game Three of the 2025 World Series presented by Capital One at Dodger Stadium on Monday, October 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
Madness mounted in the 18th inning as the broadcast showed Dodgers Game 2 starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto warming up in the bullpen to relieve Klein.
Yamamoto, ready two days after pitching a complete game, never got to throw a 19th inning.
That 2018 Dodgers-Red Sox marathon remains the longest game in World Series history. Monday’s contest now sits just behind it.
Not all the free baseball was a smashing sight, as the Dodgers and Blue Jays combined to set a World Series single-game record with 37 runners left on base.
The Dodgers take a 2-1 series lead after winning Game 3. Winners of the tiebreaker go on to win the series 70 percent of the time.
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