{"id":2503778,"date":"2025-10-28T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dodgers-defeat-blue-jays-deep-into-extra-innings-in-one-of-the-greatest-games-of-all-time\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T09:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T13:41:58","slug":"dodgers-defeat-blue-jays-deep-into-extra-innings-in-one-of-the-greatest-games-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dodgers-defeat-blue-jays-deep-into-extra-innings-in-one-of-the-greatest-games-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers Defeat Blue Jays Deep Into Extra Innings in &#8216;One of the Greatest Games of All Time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdodgers-defeat-blue-jays-deep-into-extra-innings-in-one-of-the-greatest-games-of-all-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2503778&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Game 3 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium,the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays played an 18-inning marathon that lasted 6 hours and 39 minutes,tying the longest postseason game by innings. Freddie Freeman hit a decisive home run in the bottom of the 18th inning to give the Dodgers a 6-5 victory. Shohei Ohtani also had an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grammy-nominated-singer-eric-burton-forgets-words-to-national-anthem-at-world-series\/\" title=\"Grammy...Nominated Singer Eric Burton Forgets Words to National Anthem at ...\">notable performance<\/a>,hitting two home runs. the win gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, with a chance to clinch the championship at home for the first time as 1963. Dodgers&#8217; manager Dave Roberts called it one of the greatest games ever. Pitcher Will Klein earned the win after throwing four shutout innings in relief. The game featured 19 pitchers and over 600 pitches, with notable moments including Clayton Kershaw pitching in extra innings for the first time in his career.Despite the loss,Blue Jays players praised the effort and intensity of the game,which captivated a large crowd including Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Eighteen innings in Game 3 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium again.<\/p>\n<p>And this Hollywood rerun had a similar ending.<\/p>\n<p>Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th. Shohei Ohtani went deep twice during another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-joey-chestnut-manhandles-protester-while-scarfing-down-63-hot-dogs-in-15th-july-fourth-contest-win\/\" title=\"WATCH: Joey Chestnut Manhandles Protester While Scarfing Down 63 Hot Dogs In 15th July Fourth Contest ...\">record-setting performance<\/a>, and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in an instant classic on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The defending champion Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup and still have a chance to win the title at home &mdash; something they haven&rsquo;t done since 1963.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That could go down as one of the greatest games of all time,&rdquo; manager Dave Roberts said.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000)); 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    stnPlayer(); } <\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Freeman drove left-hander Brendon Little&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >full-count sinker 406 feet<\/a> to straightaway center field, finally ending a baseball marathon that lasted 6 hours, 39 minutes and matched the longest by innings in postseason history.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oh gosh, just pure excitement,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s as good as it gets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What matters the most is we won,&rdquo; Ohtani said through a translator. &ldquo;What matters the most is we flip the page and play the next game. &hellip; I want to go to sleep as soon as possible, so I can get ready.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The only other World Series contest to go 18 innings was Game 3 at Dodger Stadium seven years ago. Freeman&rsquo;s current teammate, Max Muncy, won that one for Los Angeles with an 18th-inning homer against the Boston Red Sox in a game that took 7 hours, 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>It was Freeman&rsquo;s second World Series walk-off homer in two years. The star first baseman hit the first game-ending grand slam in Series history to win Game 1 in 10 innings last season against the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This one took a little longer,&rdquo; Freeman said. &ldquo;But this game was incredible. Our bullpen was absolutely incredible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Will Klein, the last reliever left for the Dodgers, got the biggest win of his career. He allowed one hit over four shutout innings and threw 72 pitches &mdash; twice as many as his previous high in the majors.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We weren&rsquo;t losing that game,&rdquo; Klein said, &ldquo;and so I had to keep going back out there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who threw 105 pitches Saturday at Toronto in his second consecutive complete game, was warming up in the bullpen as Klein worked out of trouble in the top of the 18th.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know how I kept going, but I just knew every inning that I went out there, it was going to be another zero. If I had to keep going out, there were going to be more zeros,&rdquo; Klein said. &ldquo;I was sitting at home in Arizona last month, you know? This is crazy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A total of 19 pitchers &mdash; 10 for the Dodgers &ndash; combined to throw 609 pitches in a game that ended at 11:50 p.m. on the West Coast. Three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw came out of the LA bullpen to escape a bases-loaded jam in the 12th, pitching in extra innings for the first time in his illustrious career.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Dodgers didn&rsquo;t win a World Series today,&rdquo; Blue Jays manager John Schneider cautioned. &ldquo;They won a game.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy game,&rdquo; Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We came out on the wrong side of this, and it stings and it burns,&rdquo; Scherzer said. &ldquo;You want to win that game, but so proud of everybody&rsquo;s effort.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Most fans in the crowd of 52,654 who stuck around were on their feet throughout, including 89-year-old Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, and only sat down between innings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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