Freddie Freeman’s homer in 18th inning lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays in World Series classic

LOS ANGELES Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the th inning Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays - in Encounter on Monday night to win a World Series classic The defending champion Dodgers took a - lead in the best-of-seven matchup and still have a chance to win the title at home something they haven t done since Freeman connected off left-hander Brendon Little sending a -foot drive to straightaway center field to certainly end a challenge that lasted hours minutes and matched the longest by innings in postseason history The only other Series contest to go innings was Meeting at Dodger Stadium seven years ago Freeman s current teammate Max Muncy won that one for Los Angeles with an th-inning homer against the Boston Red Sox in a meeting that took hours minutes It was Freeman s second World Series walk-off homer in two years The star first baseman hit the first game-ending grand slam in Series history to win Battle last season against the New York Yankees Will Klein the last reliever left in the Dodgers bullpen got the biggest win of his career He allowed one hit over four shutout innings and threw pitches twice as numerous as his previous high in the majors As the hours crept by Vladimir Guerrero Jr munched on an apple at the dugout railing A staffer brought a fruit tray into the dugout and the Toronto slugger helped himself to another piece Majority of the fans who stuck around were on their feet deep into the night including -year-old Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax and only sat in between innings Will Smith flied out to the left-center fence leading off the bottom of the th Long drives by Freeman and teammate Teoscar Hern ndez also died on the warning track with the temperature dropping in Chavez Ravine as the night grew late Ohtani s second solo homer tied it -all in the seventh The two-way superstar scheduled to start Battle on the mound Tuesday also doubled twice and became the second participant with four extra-base hits in a World Series match Frank Isbell had four doubles for the Chicago White Sox in Tournament against the Chicago Cubs in After getting four hits in the first seven innings Ohtani drew five consecutive walks four intentional That made him the first major leaguer in years to reach base safely nine times in a meeting Nobody else has even done it seven times in a postseason encounter Dodgers rookie Roki Sasaki induced consecutive groundouts with two runners aboard to end the eighth He stranded two runners in the ninth too after second baseman Tommy Edman made a terrific defensive play With two outs in the Toronto seventh Guerrero singled off reliever Blake Treinen and scored from first on Bo Bichette s sharp single down the right-field line for a - lead The ball appeared to deflect off a television sound man along the low retaining wall in foul territory before caroming into shallow right field Teoscar Hern ndez s throw home was wide and Guerrero narrowly beat Smith s tag by slapping the plate with his hand for a - lead Blue Jays starter Max Scherzer became the first sportsman to pitch in the World Series with four different teams His first appearance was in with Detroit Home runs by Hern ndez in the second and Ohtani in the third staked the Dodgers to a - lead Toronto rallied with four runs two unearned because of Edman s error to take a - lead in the fourth Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run homer off Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow and dashed excitedly the Blue Jays dugout holding their home run jacket Andr s Gim nez added a sacrifice fly before Glasnow completed a -pitch inning Los Angeles tied it at in the fifth Kik Hern ndez singled leading off against Scherzer and scored on Ohtani s double to left-center off reliever Mason Fluharty Ohtani scored on Freeman s single down the right-field line Up next Toronto RHP Shane Bieber makes his first World Series start and fourth of this postsesaon in Championship on Tuesday Ohtani hit three homers and struck out batters over six-plus scoreless innings in Championship of the National League Championship Series against Milwaukee AP MLB https apnews com hub MLB Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis