Dodger Stadium hosted one other marathon of a World Sequence recreation on Monday evening — stretching into early Tuesday morning.
Seven years after setting the document for the longest World Sequence recreation in historical past, the Dodgers did it once more in Sport 3.
Freddie Freeman’s walk-off homer to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays within the backside of the 18th inning ended the marathon that matched Sport 3 in 2018 in opposition to the Boston Purple Sox for the longest recreation in World Sequence historical past.
Los Angeles took a 2-1 collection lead with their 6-5 win within the recreation that stretched previous 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 stated Justin Wrobleski stated.. “That’s probably the craziest thing.”
Wrobleski pitched within the sixth and seventh innings.
Right here’s a deeper dive into the wild numbers from Sport 3:
6 hours and 39 minutes: Monday evening’s recreation was the second-longest in postseason historical past, solely behind the seven hours and 20 minutes it took to finish Sport 3 of the 2018 World Sequence. Granted, the pitch clock was not but put in.
19 pitchers, 44 gamers: Probably the most arms and gamers utilized in a recreation in postseason historical past.
609 pitches: Probably the most pitches thrown in a recreation in postseason historical past.
37 runners left on base: Clearly, there was not a lot offense as soon as the bonus baseball started. The mixed 37 runners left on base was additionally a postseason document.
130: The groups mixed for 130 at-bats simply surpassing the 118 at-bat document set in 2018.
3: Freddie Freeman’s 18th inning homer was his third profession postseason walk-off hit, becoming a member of David Ortiz and Carlos Correa for essentially the most all-time. He crushed the hopes of the Yankees within the ’24 Fall Traditional with the first-ever walk-off grand slam in World Sequence historical past to win Sport 1, 6-3.
9: Shohei Ohtani was 4-for-4 with two homers, two walks and 5 walks. The celebrity reached base 9 instances setting an all-time postseason document.
4: Ohtani was deliberately walked 4 instances, additionally setting a postseason document.
0: Runs scored from innings 8 by 17.
