LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman hit a game-ending residence run within the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani hit two homers and the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a 6-5 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday in Recreation 3 of the World Sequence.
Teoscar Hernandez additionally hit a house run, whereas Ohtani added two doubles and reached base a postseason file 9 instances with 5 walks (4 intentional) because the Dodgers pulled in entrance 2-1 within the best-of-seven collection after shedding Recreation 1 at Toronto.
The 18-inning recreation matched the longest in World Sequence historical past, additionally at Los Angeles in 2018 in opposition to the Boston Purple Sox. Monday’s contest lasted 6 hours, 39 minutes, the second longest World Sequence recreation by time.
Recreation 4 is Tuesday at Los Angeles, with Ohtani opposing Toronto right-hander Shane Bieber.
Freeman’s leadoff residence run within the 18th got here in opposition to left-hander Brendon Little (0-2) and made a winner of Los Angeles right-hander Will Klein (1-0), who gave up one hit with 5 strikeouts over 4 scoreless innings.
Ohtani hit residence runs within the third and seventh innings and has 5 residence runs over his final two residence playoff video games. Seldom used right-handers Edgardo Henriquez and Klein mixed to pitch six scoreless innings as Los Angeles used a World Sequence-record 10 pitchers, together with left-hander Clayton Kershaw for one out to flee a bases-loaded jam within the twelfth.
Aljandro Kirk hit a house run for the Blue Jays, who’ve misplaced consecutive video games after scoring 11 runs of their Recreation 1 victory at residence. Toronto used 9 pitchers with left-hander Eric Lauer pitching 4 2/3 scoreless innings in aid.
The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead within the second on Hernandez’s residence run, his fifth of the postseason. Ohtani gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead with a house run down the fitting subject line within the third.
The Blue Jays took the lead with a four-run fourth that included a three-run residence run from Kirk and a sacrifice fly from Andres Gimenez for a 4-2 benefit.
The Dodgers bought even at 4-4 within the fifth on a one-out RBI double from Ohtani and a two-out RBI single simply inside first base by Freeman.
After Toronto’s George Springer departed with an harm to guide off the seventh, the Blue Jays pushed forward 5-4 within the inning on a two-out single from Guerrero off right-hander Blake Treinen and an RBI single from Bichette to attain Guerrero from first base.
Ohtani’s fifth residence run in his final two playoff video games at Los Angeles, this one off right-hander Seranthony Dominguez, tied the rating 5-5 within the seventh. It was Ohtani’s eighth of the postseason and third of the World Sequence.
Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman threw out Isiah Kiner-Falefa making an attempt to advance to 3rd base within the ninth and threw Davis Schneider out at residence to finish the highest of the tenth on a relay from Hernandez in proper subject.
–Area Stage Media
