Dodger Stadium hosted another marathon of a World Series game on Monday night — stretching into early Tuesday morning.
Seven years after setting the record for the longest World Series game in history, the Dodgers did it again in Game 3.
Freddie Freeman’s walk-off homer to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays in the bottom of the 18th inning ended the marathon that matched Game 3 in 2018 against the Boston Red Sox for the longest game in World Series history.
Los Angeles took a 2-1 series lead with their 6-5 win in the game that stretched past 2:30 a.m. on the East Coast.
“I look up at the scoreboard and the innings that I pitch are no longer on the scoreboard,” Dodgers rookie reliever said Justin Wrobleski said.. “That’s probably the craziest thing.”
Wrobleski pitched in the sixth and seventh innings.
Here’s a deeper dive into the wild numbers from Game 3:
6 hours and 39 minutes: Monday night’s game was the second-longest in postseason history, only behind the seven hours and 20 minutes it took to complete Game 3 of the 2018 World Series. Granted, the pitch clock was not yet installed.
19 pitchers, 44 players: The most arms and players used in a game in postseason history.
609 pitches: The most pitches thrown in a game in postseason history.
37 runners left on base: Obviously, there was not much offense once the bonus baseball began. The combined 37 runners left on base was also a postseason record.
130: The teams combined for 130 at-bats easily surpassing the 118 at-bat record set in 2018.
3: Freddie Freeman’s 18th inning homer was his third career postseason walk-off hit, joining David Ortiz and Carlos Correa for the most all-time. He crushed the hopes of the Yankees in the ’24 Fall Classic with the first-ever walk-off grand slam in World Series history to win Game 1, 6-3.
9: Shohei Ohtani was 4-for-4 with two homers, two walks and five walks. The superstar reached base nine times setting an all-time postseason record.
4: Ohtani was intentionally walked four times, also setting a postseason record.
0: Runs scored from innings 8 through 17.
