Dodgers ride Shohei Ohtani’s historic night to a marathon extra inning win against the Blue Jays in World Series Game 3
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By Kevin Dotson, CNN
(CNN) — The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in 18 innings, which matched the longest World Series game ever, to take a two games to one lead in the best-of-seven series.
In a thrilling back-and-forth extra innings battle, the Dodgers needed a history-making night from their two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani, who had three RBI and three runs scored in an incredible four-hit, two homer performance that saw the three-time MVP reach base safely an astonishing nine times.
In the end, it was an 18th inning walk-off home run from 2024 World Series MVP Freddie Freeman that delivered the win for the Dodgers.
Los Angeles will enter Game 4 with a decided advantage – historically when the teams split the first two games of the World Series, the winner of Game 3 has won the championship 67% of the time.
Los Angeles will host the Blue Jays again in Game 4 on Tuesday with Ohtani slated to pitch for the Dodgers, followed by Game 5 on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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