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The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in an 18-inning walk-off thriller in World Series Game 3 Monday night. The game took nearly seven hours to come to its conclusion, but the Dodgers earn a 2-1 lead over Toronto in the Fall Classic. Tyler Glasnow had an uncharacteristically poor start for the Dodgers, allowing four runs through 4.2 innings. Prior to Game 3, the right-hander had allowed just one run all postseason. The Dodgers jumped to an early lead in the bottom of the second inning, when right fielder Teoscar Hernández hit his fifth home run of the postseason — a solo shot into the home bullpen in left field. Shohei Ohtani tacked on another run for the Dodgers an inning later, hitting his seventh home run this postseason to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead. More news: Blue Jays Manager Calls Out Umpire for Missed Call in World Series Game 3 Disaster struck for the Dodgers in the top of the fourth when second baseman Tommy Edman missed a grounder which should have turned into a double play, giving the Blue Jays runners on first and third with no outs. Two batters later, Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run homer, giving the Blue Jays a 3-2 lead. Andres Giminez added another run for the Blue Jays later in the inning, scoring Addison Barger on a sacrifice fly. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 27: Freddie Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers rounds the bases after hitting a walk-off home run during the 18th inning against the Toronto Blue Jays in game three of the 2025 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images) The Dodgers weren’t done, yet, though, with Ohtani coming through for the defending champs yet again. The reigning MVP roped a double into the left center field gap in the bottom of the fifth to bring across Kiké Hernandez, who singled to lead off the inning. Freddie Freeman hit an RBI single to score Ohtani and tie the game shortly after. More news: MLB Announces Major Mookie Betts News Ahead of World Series Game The Blue Jays took another lead in the seventh inning, with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. taking advantage of an awkward bounce in right field to score from first. Ohtani leveled the game for the Dodgers once again, though, hitting his second home run of the game. Ohtani’s eight home runs this postseason bring him into a tie at the top for the most in a single postseason by a Dodger, sitting level with Corey Seager’s eight in 2020. The Blue Jays didn’t take their foot off the gas, though, putting two runners on with one out in the top of the eighth. The Dodgers brought in Roki Sasaki to get the final two outs of the inning, and forced Ty France and Nathan Lukes into groundouts to get the Dodgers out of a jam. Sasaki stayed in the game for the ninth inning, coming through with a scoreless inning yet again for the Dodgers. The Blue Jays came close to breaking the deadlock in the top of the tenth inning after Sasaki made way for Emmet Sheehan, however a great relay from the Dodgers caught pinch runner Davis Schneider trying to score from first on a Nathan Lukes double. Sheehan stayed in the game for 2.2 innings, keeping the Blue Jays scoreless to keep the Dodgers in the game. Neither team made much noise until the top of the 12th inning, when the Blue Jays loaded the bases with two outs through a combination of walks and an infield single. Clayton Kershaw entered the game to relieve Sheehan, and forced Lukes to ground out in a full count to end the half inning. Edman came up to the plate in the bottom of the 13th and continued to make up for his mistake earlier in the game, hitting a leadoff double. Miguel Rojas entered the game for Kiké Hernandez, and laid down a perfect bunt down to advance Edman to third. Alex Call popped up to the shortstop, and the Blue Jays opted to intentionally walk both Ohtani and Mookie Betts, setting up a favorable left-on-left matchup against Freeman. Freeman sent a deep fly ball to center field, however didn’t quite get enough to send it over the fence. The Blue Jays got out of their first serious jam in extra innings and sent the game to the 14th. Will Klein carried the Dodgers on the mound, as the reliever pitched an unprecedented four innings for LA. The right-hander threw 72 pitches with five strikeouts and two walks into the 18th inning. It was in the bottom of the 18th where Freddie Freeman delivered with a walk-off home run to end the matchup. For more MLB news, head to Newsweek Sports.
