LOS ANGELES - Never mind the instant classic references and hyperbolic descriptions of Game 3 on Monday night.

It will go down as the marathon game at the 2025 World Series, with Freddie Freeman's walkoff homer in the 18th inning giving the L.A. Dodgers a 6-5 victory and 2-1 edge on the Toronto Blue Jays.

It was a game that delivered great moments but was short on great baseball. The Blue Jays got burned for being too aggressive on the basepaths and the Dodgers overcame mistakes by continuing to fight back.

Six hours 39 minutes after the first pitch was thrown in the late afternoon at a sunny Dodger Stadium, Freeman ended it just before midnight local time with a drive to straightaway centre field off Brendon Little.

"I'm spent emotionally," said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. "We've go

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