Freddie Freeman walks it off in the 18th inning, Dodgers win an all-time World Series classic
Six hours and 39 minutes after the first pitch, Freddie Freeman finally put everyone out of their misery. The Dodgers first baseman ended one of the wildest baseball games you’ll ever see with a no-doubt walk-off shot to center field in the bottom of the 18th inning.
Dodger Stadium erupted, the city of Los Angeles lost its mind, and everyone watching on the East Coast collectively collapsed into bed.
Freddie Freeman Walk-Off HR in the 18th
This was baseball at its most absurd. Shohei Ohtani reached base a World Series record nine times. He broke the record after his seventh trip, just for fun. The Dodgers used ten pitchers, setting a World Series record of their own.
Dave Roberts nearly went to a position player before Yamamoto started warming for a possible 19th inning that, thankfully, never came. Seven runners were thrown out on the bases.
Sandy Koufax, 89 years old, watched it all from the stands while Clayton Kershaw, still somehow pitching, escaped a 12th-inning, bases-loaded jam that felt like something out of a Hollywood script.
There were web gems, clutch relays, diving catches, and outfielders crashing into walls like it was 1975. Both bullpens were supposed to be weak, yet every time a team looked ready to break, someone made the pitch of their life. This was a masterpiece of chaos, a game that reminded everyone why baseball is both incredible and completely stupid at the same time.
Blue Jays vs Dodgers started crazy and never stopped
Early in the game, Bo Bichette was picked off first after one of the latest strike calls you’ll ever see. The chaos started there and only built from inning to inning. Ohtani hit that ridiculous home run posted above off Max Scherzer that somehow stayed fair despite being jammed inside. Alejandro Kirk later flipped the script with a three-run shot that sent shockwaves through the stadium.
Every inning seemed to feature another absurd moment. A bullet throw from Addison Barger nailed a runner at home. Bo Bichette and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. combined for a wild bounce off the wall that gave Toronto the lead again. And every time the Blue Jays looked like they might finish it, Ohtani or Freeman did something supernatural to even the score.
Ohtani’s seventh-inning homer was his fourth hit and second bomb of the night. It tied the game and officially cemented him as the front-runner for World Series MVP. He was on base constantly, hitting rockets and forcing Toronto to pitch around him. You could feel it coming all night.
Kershaw’s Moment
Clayton Kershaw’s appearance in the 12th might go down as one of the most poetic moments of his career. Bases loaded, two outs, and the future Hall of Famer got the ground ball he needed to escape. If that’s the last pitch he ever throws, it was a perfect way to walk off into the sunset.
From there, the Dodgers had chances in nearly every inning. Freeman just missed a grand slam in the 13th. Will Smith thought he ended it in the 14th, only for the ball to die at the warning track. Eric Lauer gave Los Angeles everything he had to keep the game alive, and Will Klein, who hadn’t thrown more than three innings since 2021 in the minors, became the unlikely hero, tossing four shutout frames in extras.
Freddie Freeman
Eighteen innings deep. Nearly seven hours of baseball. A 2-1 pitch over the heart of the plate. Crack. Center field. Gone. Dodgers fans lost their collective minds as Freeman trotted the bases, smiling like a man who knew he just delivered a game fans will talk about for decades.
The Dodgers win, and baseball wins. This is what October is supposed to feel like. The Manfred Man might have killed these marathons in the regular season, but every once in a while, we still get one of these late-night, never-ending classics.
Blue Jays 5. Dodgers 6. Los Angeles holds a 2-1 series lead. Back at it tonight.
It’s euphoria for Los Angeles and heartbreak for Toronto, who now face a brutal uphill climb with the Dodgers sending Shohei taking the mound in Game 4.
The rest of us tried to get three hours of sleep before pretending to function at work. What a night. What a sport.
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