{"id":327,"date":"2025-10-28T10:45:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=327"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:45:38","slug":"freeman-dodgers-win-game-3-against-toronto-take-mlb-world-series-lead-baseball-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=327","title":{"rendered":"Freeman, Dodgers win Game 3 against Toronto, take MLB World Series lead | Baseball News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Los Angeles Dodgers outlast Toronto Blue Jays after Freddie Freeman\u2019s 18th inning home run clinches a 2-1 series lead.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 28 Oct 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">28 Oct 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Freddie Freeman hit a game-ending home run in 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 Game 3 of the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Teoscar Hernandez also hit a home run, while Ohtani added two doubles and reached base a postseason-record nine times with five walks (four intentional) as the Dodgers pulled in front 2-1 in the best-of-seven series after losing Game 1 at Toronto.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The 18-inning game matched the longest in World Series history, also at Los Angeles in 2018 against the Boston Red Sox. Monday\u2019s contest lasted 6 hours, 39 minutes \u2013 the second-longest World Series game by time.<\/p>\n<p>Game 4 is on Tuesday in Los Angeles, with Ohtani opposing Toronto right-hander Shane Bieber.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman\u2019s leadoff home run in the 18th came against 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 five strikeouts over four scoreless innings.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani hit home runs in the third and seventh innings and has five home runs over his last two home playoff games. Seldom-used right-handers Edgardo Henriquez and Klein combined to pitch six scoreless innings as Los Angeles used a World Series-record 10 pitchers, including left-hander Clayton Kershaw for one out to escape a bases-loaded jam in the 12th.<\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Kirk hit a home run for the Blue Jays, who have lost consecutive games after scoring 11 runs in their Game 1 victory at home. Toronto used nine pitchers, with left-hander Eric Lauer pitching 4 2\/3 scoreless innings in relief.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4065363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4065363\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4065363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AFP__20251028__2243731473__v2__HighRes__WorldSeriesTorontoBlueJaysVLosAngelesDodgers-1761640790.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Freddie Freeman in action.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4065363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a walk-off home run during the 18th inning against the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 [Luke Hales\/Getty Images via AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the second on Hernandez\u2019s home run, his fifth of the postseason. Ohtani gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead with a home run down the right field line in the third.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jays took the lead with a four-run fourth that included a three-run home run from Kirk and a sacrifice fly from Andres Gimenez for a 4-2 advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers got even at 4-4 in the fifth on a one-out RBI double from Ohtani and a two-out RBI single just inside of first base by Freeman.<\/p>\n<p>After Toronto\u2019s George Springer departed with an injury to lead off the seventh, the Blue Jays pushed ahead 5-4 in the inning on a two-out single from Guerrero off right-hander Blake Treinen and an RBI single from Bichette to score Guerrero from first base.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani\u2019s fifth home run in his last two playoff games at Los Angeles, this one off right-hander Seranthony Dominguez, tied the score 5-5 in the seventh. It was Ohtani\u2019s eighth of the postseason and third of the World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman threw out Isiah Kiner-Falefa trying to advance to third base in the ninth and threw Davis Schneider out at home to end the top of the 10th on a relay from Hernandez in right field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Dodgers outlast Toronto Blue Jays after Freddie Freeman\u2019s 18th inning home run clinches a 2-1 series lead. 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