<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-will-klein-phone-heroic-game-3-performance');   ga('set', 'title', 'Will Klein’s phone blew up after heroic Game 3 performance');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Dodgers-pitcher-Will-Klein-celebrates.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Will Klein’s phone blew up after heroic Game 3 performance</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-28T13:52:56-07:00">October 28th, 1:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-28T14:30:00-07:00">October 28th, 2:30pm</time><address><a>Russell Steinberg</a>Russell Steinberg covers Major League Baseball and the New York Liberty for ClutchPoints. A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>If you pitch <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-sandy-koufax-will-klein-game-3">four shutout innings for the Los Angeles Dodgers</a> deep into extras of a World Series game and earn the win in the process, it’s a safe bet that you’re going to hear from a few friends after.</p><p>Or, in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-will-klein-reaction-messages-stunning-game-3">Will Klein’s case, a few hundred</a>.</p><p>Speaking to the media on Tuesday before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-shohei-ohtani-world-series-game-4-start-confirmed">Game 4 of the World Series</a>, Klein said he had more than <a href="https://x.com/BNightengale/status/1983261228962337025" rel="noopener">500 text messages</a> on Monday night and woke up to 500 more this morning, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today.</p><p>“I heard from every coach I ever had,” he said.</p><p>Nightengale added that includes t-ball coaches.</p><p>With Game 4 against the Toronto Blue Jays starting only about 18 hours after Game 3 — an 18-inning marathon that the Dodgers won 6-5 on a walk-off home run from Freddie Freeman — Klein was also asked <a href="https://x.com/FabianArdaya/status/1983265376076177441" rel="noopener">how many innings</a> he could go on Tuesday.</p><p>“As many as they need,” he said, per The Athletic’s Fabian Ardaya. “Hopefully zero.”</p><p>Klein threw the final four innings of the game, giving up no runs on one hit with a pair of walks and five strikeouts. He threw 72 pitches in the process.</p><p>In a series that has had plenty of heroes, from George Springer for the Blue Jays to Shohei Ohtani and Freeman for the Dodgers, Klein was been the most unlikely. He was not on the Dodgers’ roster for any of the first three rounds of the postseason and threw a grand total of 15.1 regular season innings.</p><p>After the game, the second-year reliever spoke <a href="https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/will-klein-dodgers-bullpen-world-series-game-3-2025" rel="noopener">like a seasoned pro</a>.</p><p>“We weren’t losing that game,” he said, via AJ Cassavell of MLB.com. “And so I had to keep going back out there. I was going to keep doing that — and doing all I could to put up a zero and sit back down and do it again.”</p><p>“I never dreamed that anything like this would happen,” he added. “So just having the guys like [Clayton Kershaw], Freddie, Shohei, Mookie [Betts], all those guys kind of celebrating me for a second there was just insane. I don’t think I could have dreamt a dream that good.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Will Klein’s phone blew up after heroic Game 3 performance

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-shohei-ohtani-pitch-game-4');   ga('set', 'title', 'Safe to say Shohei Ohtani is excited to pitch in Game 4');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Safe-to-say-Shohei-Ohtani-is-excited-to-pitch-in-Game-4.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Safe to say Shohei Ohtani is excited to pitch in Game 4</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-28T13:31:23-07:00">October 28th, 1:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-28T13:31:23-07:00">October 28th, 1:31pm</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In this current era of baseball, Shohei Ohtani is the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-dave-roberts-shohei-ohtani-lineup-presence">essence of a generational talent</a>. There’s virtually nothing this guy can’t do, whether it’s on the mound or at the plate.</p><p>While the Dodgers are on a high following their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/longest-world-series-games-ever-dodgers-blue-jays-18-inning-clash">18-inning Game 3 win</a> over the Blue Jays in the World Series, their collective high can’t match Ohtani’s. Given that the game ended in the early morning hours, it would be understandable for guys to be tired.</p><p>After all, Game 4 is Tuesday night. So not much rest for either side.</p><p>However, when manager Dave Roberts said, “We got a game later today!” Ohtani <a href="https://x.com/JomboyMedia/status/1983183846339494164" rel="noopener">was seen jumping for joy</a>, per Jomboy Media. After all, it will be Ohtani <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-shohei-ohtani-world-series-game-4-start-confirmed">starting in Game 4</a> as the Dodgers look to take a commanding lead of the series.</p><p>In Game 3, Ohtani put on yet another <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-hilarious-shohei-ohtani-moment-world-series-game-3-viral">history-making performance</a>. He got on base nine times and had an overall fantastic night. Altogether, Ohtani finished 4-for-4 at the plate with two home runs.</p><p>Additionally, he had three RBIs, three runs scored, four hits, and five walks. Then the culmination came with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-post-epic-video-freddie-freeman-world-series-walk-offs">Freddie Freeman’s walk-off home run</a>, which won it 6-5.</p><p>If the Dodgers win Game 4 under Ohtani, then they are well within reach of repeating as World Series champions.</p><h2><b>Shohei Ohtani leaves everyone in awe</b></h2><p>It would be easy to say the best is yet to come, but that seems an impossible standard because of how much of the best has been on full display.</p><p>After all, what he has been able to achieve hasn’t been seen ever in the history of baseball. His performance has left the likes of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-derek-jeter-nearly-speechless-about-shohei-ohtani">Derek Jeter speechless</a> waiting in anticipation for what’s next.</p><p>Ohtani is the only player in MLB history to win three unanomous MVP awards. Plus, he is likely poised to win a fourth.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Safe to say Shohei Ohtani is excited to pitch in Game 4

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-brendon-little-walk-off-hr-freddie-freeman');   ga('set', 'title', 'What Brendon Little said about giving up walk-off HR to Freddie Freeman');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Blue-Jays-Dodgers-set-World-Series-history-in-Game-3-marathon.jpg"><figcaption>© Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>What Brendon Little said about giving up walk-off HR to Freddie Freeman</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-28T11:32:04-07:00">October 28th, 11:32am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-28T14:11:35-07:00">October 28th, 2:11pm</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For the Toronto Blue Jays, their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/toronto-blue-jays/blue-jays-most-to-blame-for-18th-inning-world-series-game-3-loss">18th-inning loss</a> to the LA Dodgers in Game 3 of the World Series will linger. That is, unless they bounce back and win the series, then all will be forgotten.</p><p>Meanwhile, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-freddie-freeman-said-world-series-walk-off-hr">walk-off home run by Freddie Freeman</a> will live on in the annals of history, but only if the Dodgers win.</p><p>As a result, Blue Jays’ reliever Brendon Little <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46754628/with-ohtani-onslaught-blue-jays-abandon-walk-strategy" rel="noopener">is quick to process</a> throwing the sinker that gave up the home run, per Jesse Rogers of ESPN.</p><p>“Going back out, the sinker seemed a little bit flatter,” Little said. “I didn’t want to walk anyone. I tried to fill up the zone there on the full count … He did a good job laying off two cutters away. I had to go back at him with the sinker, and he put a great swing on it.”</p><p>In the 18th inning, Little came in to provide relief after Eric Lauer threw 4.2 innings and gave up four walks, two hits, and had two strikeouts. Altogether, Little gave up two hits, one earned run, a walk, and had a strikeout.</p><p>In all, the marathon 18-inning game <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/mlb-news-blue-jays-dodgers-set-world-series-history-in-game-3-marathon">became a seminal moment</a> in recent baseball history. The Dodgers are vying to win their second consecutive World Series title, and the Blue Jays are trying to reach the top of the mountain for the first time since 1993.</p><h2><b>Other moments where one pitch defined a World Series</b></h2><p>Throughout the history of the World Series, one pitch decided the outcome. Granted, this series is far from over, but just for fun, here are some of those previous moments.</p><p>In 1932, Babe Ruth’s hotly debated “called shot” home run came in Game 3 against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field off Charlie Root. Twenty-eight years later, Yankees’ pitcher Ralph Terry faced Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series.</p><p>Mazeroski hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 9th. In 1988, Kirk Gibson hit his walk-off homer while hobbled against Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 between the Dodgers and the Oakland A’s.</p><p>Obviously, for Toronto, it was Joe Carter’s walk-off homer of Mitch Williams in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series that lifted the Blue Jays over the Philadelphia Phillies.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

What Brendon Little said about giving up walk-off HR to Freddie Freeman

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-mookie-betts-unexpected-take-sleep-wild-game-3');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mookie Betts has unexpected take on going to sleep after wild Game 3');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Dodgers-shortstop-Mookie-Betts_bd8cea.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Mookie Betts has unexpected take on going to sleep after wild Game 3</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-28T11:20:27-07:00">October 28th, 11:20am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-28T11:20:27-07:00">October 28th, 11:20am</time><address><a>Russell Steinberg</a>Russell Steinberg covers Major League Baseball and the New York Liberty for ClutchPoints. A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>If you had trouble getting to sleep after the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-derek-jeter-nearly-speechless-about-shohei-ohtani">epic World Series Game 3</a> between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays, you’re not alone.</p><p>Just imagine how the players felt.</p><p>In the immediate aftermath of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/longest-world-series-games-ever-dodgers-blue-jays-18-inning-clash">Dodgers’ 6-5 18-inning win</a>, Los Angeles shortstop Mookie Betts was asked about what he will think about when he puts his head on his pillow.</p><p>A reporter asked him <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DQWtXjNjkLf/?e=705a6a2f-430b-470f-8c36-79d5349b76d1&amp;g=5" rel="noopener">if he would be thinking</a> about Shohei Ohtani, who reached base nine times and hit two home runs in Game 3 (and will be the starting pitcher in Game 4) or Freddie Freeman, who hit an extra-inning World Series walk-off home run for the second straight year.</p><p>“I’m probably not gonna think about another man while I’m in bed,” Betts replied.</p><p>Fair enough. Who are we to question what Betts plans to do after an 18-inning game and before a Game 4 set to begin 18 hours later?</p><p>And Betts had as long a day as anybody on Monday. His responsibilities began long before first pitch when he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-magic-johnson-congratulates-mookie-betts-roberto-clemente-award">accepted the 2025 Roberto Clemente Award</a>, given annually to the MLB player who <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/mookie-betts-2025-clemente-award" rel="noopener">best embodies the values</a>, on and off the field, of the late, great Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Famer.</p><p>“It means a lot,” Betts said of the award, via MLB.com. “Life is about more than what you do, I think, as far as work. It’s about how you affect people. People always remember how you make them feel. So I know we live by that.”</p><p>“It’s really cool just to be able to hold up this award,” he added, “and to know that this had nothing to do with baseball.”</p><p>Later that night, Betts went 1-8 with a walk in Game 3 as the Dodgers took a 2-1 World Series lead over the Blue Jays. Game 4 is set for Tuesday night at 8 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mookie Betts has unexpected take on going to sleep after wild Game 3

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-derek-jeter-nearly-speechless-about-shohei-ohtani');   ga('set', 'title', 'Derek Jeter nearly speechless about Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani situation after Game 3');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Derek-Jeter-nearly-speechless-about-Shohei-Ohtani-situation-after-Game-3.jpg"><figcaption>Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Derek Jeter nearly speechless about Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani situation after Game 3</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-28T11:04:04-07:00">October 28th, 11:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-28T11:04:04-07:00">October 28th, 11:04am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chris.spiering.3" rel="facebook">Chris Spiering</a>Chris Spiering graduated from the University of San Diego with a Communication Studies Degree. He spent his final year as the Sports Editor for the USDVista newspaper. Chris used to manage the betting team at ClutchPoints and now contributes about the NFL, MLB, NCAA Sports, and NBA, but he follows most sports, including NCAA Basketball. Chris also covers San Diego State men's basketball for East Village Times.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to make history. This ball club has been extremely dominant since 2020. They are two wins away from their third World Series title in that span.</p><p>On Monday night, Freddy Freeman smashed a solo home run in the bottom of the 18th inning to win Game 3. This feat mirrors the one in 2018 when Max Muncy did the same thing in the bottom of the 18th against Nathan Eovaldi and the Boston Red Sox.</p><p>Game 3 lasted six hours and 39 minutes. The players will likely sleep in and then return to the field for Game 4 later on Tuesday.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-hilarious-shohei-ohtani-moment-world-series-game-3-viral">Shohei Ohtani was the star of the show</a> last night. He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-kenny-lofton-shohei-ohtani-mlb-record">reached base on all nine plate appearances</a> in the win, including being intentionally walked five times. He drilled two solo home runs and scored three times. Late in the game, the Toronto Blue Jays did not want any part of him. They decided to take their chances with Mookie Betts and Freeman, and it worked for the most part.</p><p>In a contest that went 18 innings, you have to give credit to both bullpens. Both offenses seriously struggled after the 7th inning.</p><p>Ohtani is set to start Game 4 tonight. With all the intentional walks in Game 3, we will soon find out if the Blue Jays actually did him a favor by making that 6.5-hour game easier on the body.</p><p>Derek Jeter and the MLB on FOX crew <a href="https://x.com/MLBONFOX/status/1983076308687925525" rel="noopener">discussed the situation</a> Ohtani is currently in after his historic game.</p><p>“We’ve played long games against each other, and you wake up, and you feel it,” Jeter said to David Ortiz. “To pitch a major league game on top of that, I don’t know.”</p><p>Ohtani is 2-0 with a 2.25 ERA in 12.0 innings. He’s K’d up 19 hitters and walked only four. If he pitches even a tad worse than he has all postseason because of the extensive Game 3, then the Dodgers are still in great shape. In front of their home fans, the Dodgers feel how close they are. This 2025 MLB season could end tomorrow.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Derek Jeter nearly speechless about Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani situation after Game 3

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/mlb-stories/longest-world-series-games-ever-dodgers-blue-jays-18-inning-clash');   ga('set', 'title', 'Longest World Series games ever after Dodgers vs. Blue Jays 18-inning clash');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Dodgers-celebrate-World-Series-Game-3-win.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Longest World Series games ever after Dodgers vs. Blue Jays 18-inning clash</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-28T10:53:23-07:00">October 28th, 10:53am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-28T10:53:23-07:00">October 28th, 10:53am</time><address><a>Bailey Bassett</a>Bailey Bassett is a sports writer from Denver, Colorado, covering major sports events and athlete backgrounds at ClutchPoints. He has experience covering and writing on high school, collegiate, and professional sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>A lot of records were tied or broken in Game 3 of the 2025 World Series. For example, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-shohei-ohtani-historic-mlb-club-blue-jays-tactic">Shohei Ohtani got on base a postseason record nine times</a>, which included two home runs and four times being intentionally walked. However, what stood out the most about the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Toronto Blue Jays game was that it <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/mlb-news-blue-jays-dodgers-set-world-series-history-in-game-3-marathon">didn’t conclude until the 18th inning.</a> Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off home run to win the game and give Los Angeles a 2-1 series lead. The late-night battle that ended after six hours and 39 minutes ended up tying the World Series record for innings played, but what other Fall Classics went deep into extra innings?</p><h2><b>T3. 1916 World Series, Game 2 – Boston Red Sox beat Brooklyn Robins 2-1 (14 innings)</b></h2><p>MLB looked a lot different in 1916. Before the Curse of the Bambino, which started after the Boston Red Sox’s 1918 championship, the Red Sox were an unstoppable force. They won the World Series in four of their first 11 seasons under the Red Sox moniker. That included in 1916 when they bested the Brooklyn Robins.</p><p>Of course, the Red Sox’s 86-year championship drought curse was named so because the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1920. In the Fall Classic against the Robbins, though, Ruth was dominating for the Red Sox. That was on display in the low-scoring, 14-inning thriller in Game 2.</p><p>Ruth, who would go on to become the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/updating-and-ranking-the-50-greatest-mlb-players-of-all-time">best MLB player ever</a>, wasn’t yet the dominant hitting force fans would come to know. He was a beast on the mound, though. Ruth led baseball in ERA this season (1.75) before going on to pitch 13 shutout innings in Game 2 of the World Series. The only run he gave up was a first-inning inside-the-park home run to Hy Myers.</p><p>Ruth himself had an RBI in the third inning, and there wouldn’t be another score until Del Gainer’s 14th inning walk-off single. It would be nearly a century until another World Series game lasted this long. Boston won the series in five games, and Ruth’s two-way prowess foreshadowed Ohtani’s brilliance as both a pitcher and batter well over a century later.</p><h2><b>T3. 2005 World Series, Game 3 – Chicago White Sox beat Houston Astros 7-5 (14 innings)</b></h2><p>The Chicago White Sox ended an 88-year championship drought to win their third World Series title in 2005. They swept the Houston Astros, but the series was far from easy. In fact, it included a 14-inning battle in Game 3 in which the White Sox won 7-5. Despite Frank Thomas’ injury, the White Sox were red hot at the end. Dating back to the end of the regular season, the team won 16 of their last 17 games, including an 11-1 postseason record.</p><p>Chicago was down 4-0 heading into the top of the fifth, but the White Sox swore by a “win or die trying” mantra. They’d rally off five runs in the fifth inning.</p><p>Come the 14th inning, the White Sox were up two runs. Mark Buehrle held off the Astros and earned a save just a game after earning a win. That hadn’t been done since 1958. The team’s used 17 combined pitchers to throw a total of 482 pitches. Forty-three players were used in total, and 30 base runners were left stranded at some point. Double plays were a big reason why the game went on so long, as there were six total in this game.</p><h2><b>T3. 2015 World Series, Game 1 – Kansas City Royals beat New York Mets 5-4 (14 innings)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Eric-Hosmer-Mets-Royals.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Curry-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The 2015 World Series started off with a banger. Game 1 between the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals went 14 innings deep. Matt Harvey started on the bump for the Mets. His first pitch resulted in the first World Series inside-the-park home run since 1929. Alcides Escobar was responsible for the feat. The Royals thrived on the base paths, and this was just one example. The Royals would <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/royals/2015/11/02/eric-hosmer-kansas-city-royals-world-series-new-york-mets-david-wright-lucas-duda-salvador-perez/75028018/" rel="noopener">later go on to exploit</a> Lucas Duda’s weak arm by breaking off a run for home and forcing a wild throw by the Mets’ first baseman.</p><p>In Game 1, though, it took more than Escobar’s inside-the-parker to get the job done. Alex Gordon hit a ninth-inning home run to tie the game, and the match was then sent to extra innings. New York’s Curtis Granderson played fantastically. In addition to hitting an earlier home run, he had a game-saving diving catch in the 11th inning.</p><p>However, Eric Hosmer hit a sacrifice fly to Granderson that drove in Escobar in the 14th inning, making Escobar both the first and the last run of the game. That had never before been done in the World Series before, and it led to Kansas City gaining enough momentum to win the series in five games.</p><h2><b>T1. 2018 World Series, Game 3 – Los Angeles Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox 3-2 (18 innings)</b></h2><p>Before their recent 18-inning performance, the Dodgers set the original record for the longest World Series game ever in 2018. The Dodgers lost their series against the Red Sox in five games, but they did everything in their power to ensure they weren’t swept. Game 3 ended with a Dodgers’ 3-2 win.</p><p>The game is most remembered for Max Muncy hitting a would-be walk-off home run in the 15th inning, but the ball narrowly hooked foul. Muncy would go on to actually hit the walk-off homer three innings later. The game is also remembered for Cody Bellinger being caught between bases to end the ninth inning, although Bellinger redeemed himself with a throw from center field the next inning to get Ian Kinsler out at the plate.</p><p>All in all, the game lasted seven hours and 20 minutes, making it the longest World Series ever, both in terms of time of play and innings played.</p><h2><b>T1. 2025 World Series, Game 3 – Los Angeles Dodgers beat Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 (18 innings)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Freddie-Freeman-walk-off.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Like the previous longest World Series ever, this 18-inning masterclass ended in a Dodgers’ walk-off home run. It was, of course, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-freddie-freeman-said-world-series-walk-off-hr">Freeman who did the honors this time</a>, although Muncy is still on the roster. Freeman had hit a grand slam walk-off the year prior in the World Series as well.</p><p>However, any conversation about the 2025 World Series has to start and end with Shohei Ohtani. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/ranking-50-best-mlb-players-2025-season">best player in MLB</a> had one of the best baseball games ever in Game 3. Ohtani got on base nine times, which is not only a World Series record, but something that had only been done three previous times in any MLB game. Ohtani had two doubles and two home runs before the Blue Jays realized intentionally walking him to prevent further damage was their best bet. The designated hitter/pitcher got on base on balls five times, four of which were via intentional walks.</p><p>Ohtani joined Frank Isbell, who accomplished the feat in 1906, as one of two players with four extra-base hits in a postseason game. Ohtani did it while not even having a chance to put the ball in play for over half of his at-bats. After the 6-5 win, the Dodgers lead the Blue Jays 2-1 in the series.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Longest World Series games ever after Dodgers vs. Blue Jays 18-inning clash

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A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Monday evening, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/mlb-news-unexpected-figure-reason-behind-epic-dodgers-blue-jays-game-3">Los Angeles Dodgers went up</a> 2-1 in their World Series matchup with the Toronto Blue Jays in an 18 inning epic that finally ended when <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-freddie-freeman-joins-lou-gehrig-mlb-history-game-3-walk-off-home-run">Freddie Freeman launched</a> a solo home run after the equivalent of two full games had been played. The Dodgers are now just to wins away from hoisting their second straight World Series trophy and could theoretically close the series out without having to go back to Toronto.</p><p>While Freeman captured the headlines at the end of the game, the star of the show for the Dodgers on Monday was Shohei Ohtani, who went 4-4 and was also intentionally walked five times, getting him on base an MLB record nine times.</p><p>One person <a href="https://x.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1983208019061018629" rel="noopener">who was amazed</a> by what he saw from Ohtani was ESPN sports media personality Pat McAfee, who took to the Pat McAfee Show to break down his thoughts.</p><p>“Whenever you think about him getting on base nine times, and then tonight, he’s the starting pitcher, I mean this guy is special. This guy is absolutely outrageous. Is this the greatest baseball player of all time?” said McAfee, per his account on X, formerly Twitter.</p><h2><b>A huge opportunity for the Dodgers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Dodgers-superstar-Shohei-Ohtani-runs-to-first.jpg"><figcaption>Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>As McAfee referenced in his show, Shohei Ohtani will indeed be the starting pitcher for the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday, and the team would love for him to go as many innings as possible considering the amount of bullpen arms they used during the game against the Blue Jays on Monday.</p><p>In that performance, Ohtani was absolutely electric from the plate, eviscerating a Blue Jays’ pitching staff that had mostly been dominant this postseason and forcing them to intentionally walk him for his last five plate appearances.</p><p>As previously mentioned, the Dodgers are now just two wins away from a second straight World Series. They’ll next take the field on Sunday evening at 8:00 PM ET, once again from Los Angeles.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani still has Pat McAfee in disbelief — ‘This guy is absolutely outrageous’

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He has spent several years covering sports and has worked for outlets such as the New York Post, AP Radio, and FanSided. Colin is also a three-time NYSBA award winner and a proud graduate of Fordham University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>October baseball has a way of prompting stellar performances, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-freddie-freeman-said-world-series-walk-off-hr">Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays</a> was no exception.</p><p>While Shohei Ohtani’s two home runs and Freddie Freeman’s walk-off solo shot in the 18th inning will be remembered for years to come, an unsung bullpen hero should not be forgotten.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-game-3-unsung-hero-wasnt-nl-wild-card-nlds-nlcs-roster">Dodgers reliever Will Klein played a pivotal role</a> in the team’s extra-innings win. The 25-year-old delivered four innings of scoreless baseball and struck out five batters in the process. He was extremely surprised by the number of messages he received <a href="https://x.com/MLBONFOX/status/1983079899842949301" rel="noopener">after the marathon affair.</a></p><p>“I have never seen that many notifications in my life,” Klein told reporters after the game.</p><p>Klein only pitched in 14 regular-season contests this season and was left off the Dodgers’ NL Wild Card, NLDS, and NLCS rosters. He was <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/will-klein-dodgers-bullpen-world-series-game-3-2025" rel="noopener">the last pitcher available out of the club’s bullpen</a> and saved manager Dave Roberts from having to use a position player or Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who had only pitched two days prior.</p><p>“You don’t ever plan on playing 18 innings, and you just kind of ask more from the player,” Roberts told AJ Cassavell of MLB.com. “He delivered. He threw probably three times as much as he’s ever thrown before and — certainly with the adrenaline on this stage — what he did was incredible.”</p><p>Klein was not initially supposed to be on Los Angeles’ World Series roster, but reliever Alex Vesia had been dealing with a personal matter and could not be with the team.</p><p>Klein has made the most of his opportunity thus far and has certainly etched his name in team history.</p><p>“In the postseason, people talk about the superstars,” Roberts said. “But a lot of times it’s these unsung heroes that you just can’t expect. … Tonight was Will Klein’s night.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers’ Will Klein drops priceless reaction to messages after stunning Game 3

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A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Perhaps we should have known that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-watch-dave-roberts-clubhouse-speech-world-series-game-3">Game 3 of the World Series</a> would take us into early Tuesday morning.</p><p>Yes, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays played a back-and-forth game from the start, but astute MLB fans could have had an inkling before a pitch was thrown.</p><p>When Brad Paisley sang the national anthem — the fourth time he has fulfilled the honor in a World Series game at Dodger Stadium — it served as an omen. As MLB pointed out via X, <a href="https://x.com/MLB/status/1983177214272385525" rel="noopener">each of the three times before</a>, the game has gone into extra innings. Monday was no different, as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-freddie-freeman-said-world-series-walk-off-hr">Freddie Freeman mercifully sent fans home</a> after 18 innings with a walk-off home run to give the Dodgers a 2-1 series lead.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Brad Paisley has officially sung the national anthem for:</p><p>World Series Game 2 in 2017 (11 innings)<br>World Series Game 3 in 2018 (18 innings)<br>World Series Game 1 in 2024 (10 innings)<br>World Series Game 3 in 2025 (18 innings)</p><p>h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahWexler32?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SarahWexler32</a> <a href="https://t.co/cgaSEVcdSq">pic.twitter.com/cgaSEVcdSq</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1983177214272385525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The first example of this odd trend came in 2017 when the Houston Astros outlasted the Dodgers, 7-6, in 11 innings. Current Blue Jay George Springer was the hero for Houston that night, hitting a two-run home run in the top of the 11th to win the game. The Astros went on to win their first World Series, 4-3.</p><p>Paisley also performed before another 18-inning World Series marathon in 2018, when the Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox, 2-1. Max Muncy, who is still with the Dodgers, hit a walk-off home run off Nathan Eovaldi in the only game that Los Angeles won that series.</p><p>The third time came just last year when Paisley opened Game 1 of the World Series before Freeman hit a walk-off homer in the 10th inning to beat the New York Yankees. So, to take it a step further, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-post-epic-video-freddie-freeman-world-series-walk-offs">Freeman has hit a walk-off home run</a> after half of Paisley’s Dodger Stadium World Series national anthem performances.</p><p>But it was the fourth game that provided <a href="https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/dodgers-win-world-series-game-3-2025?t=world-series-coverage" rel="noopener">more dramatics</a> than any of the first three. After a back-and-forth game that had everything from puzzling blunders to big home runs and the next day’s starting pitcher reaching base nine times, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts called it “one of the greatest World Series games of all time,” per MLB.com.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Unexpected figure may be the reason behind epic Dodgers-Blue Jays Game 3

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A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Monday evening, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-kenny-lofton-shohei-ohtani-mlb-record">Los Angeles Dodgers won</a> a thriller of a Game 3 of the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays that went 18 innings long. The game mercifully reached its conclusion with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-post-epic-video-freddie-freeman-world-series-walk-offs">Freddie Freeman launching a solo home run</a> in the bottom of the 18th to give the Dodgers the 6-5 win, in similar fashion to the last World Series game that went 18 innings, which also ended in a Dodgers home run in the 18th back in 2018.</p><p>With the win, the Dodgers went up 2-1 in the series against the Blue Jays, and it also gave Freeman many personal milestones to add to <a href="https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/1983212624499355765" rel="noopener">his legendary resume.</a></p><p>“Over his last 10 World Series games, Freddie Freeman has hit seven home runs and driven in 17 runs. The only other player in MLB history to reach those marks over a span of 10 games in the World Series is Lou Gehrig,” reported OptaSTATS on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>In addition to this, Freeman also became the first player in MLB history to have two walk-off home runs in his World Series career, which included last year’s Game 1 grand slam to defeat the New York Yankees.</p><p>Overall, things don’t get much clutcher than what Freeman displayed on Monday evening.</p><h2><b>A huge win for the Dodgers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Heres-what-Freddie-Freeman-said-about-hitting-another-World-Series-walk-off-HR.jpg"><figcaption>© Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Now, the Los Angeles Dodgers are just two wins away from hoisting their second straight World Series trophy, but they’ll have a lot of work to do against a Blue Jays team that clearly is not going to quit.</p><p>Making matters more interesting for both teams will be how they handle their pitching rotations for Game 4, considering that it is set to begin only 17 hours after Game 3 reached its climactic conclusion. On the mound for the Dodgers in this one will be Shohei Ohtani, who reached base an MLB record nine times in the game in Game 3, thanks in large part to five intentional walks from the Blue Jays.</p><p>In any case, first pitch of Game 4 is set for Tuesday at 8:00 PM ET, once again from Los Angeles.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman joins Lou Gehrig in MLB history after Game 3 walk-off home run

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-kenny-lofton-shohei-ohtani-mlb-record');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kenny Lofton had no idea Shohei Ohtani just broke his MLB record');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Shohei-Ohtani-circling-base.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kenny Lofton had no idea Shohei Ohtani just broke his MLB record</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-28T10:06:49-07:00">October 28th, 10:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-28T10:06:49-07:00">October 28th, 10:06am</time><address><a>Zachary Draves</a>Zachary Draves is a sportswriter and broadcaster based in the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There’s no stopping the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-shohei-ohtani-historic-mlb-club-blue-jays-tactic">endless train of historical feats</a> achieved by Shohei Ohtani. That was certainly true in the 18-inning Dodgers win in Game 3 of the World Series.</p><p>He was intentionally walked a record four times, plus garnered a record four extra base hits in one game. Altogether, Ohtani went 5-for-5 with four hits, two home runs, three runs scored, three RBIs, and five walks.</p><p>Meanwhile, he is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-shohei-ohtani-world-series-game-4-start-confirmed">slated to pitch Game 4</a> and put the Dodgers in command to win their second consecutive title. In the process, Ohtani managed to surprise former MLB player Kenny Lofton, who didn’t know that Ohtani <a href="https://x.com/BenVerlander/status/1983052254182813835">had surpassed</a> one of his records, per Ben Verlander of the Flippin’ Bats Podcast.</p><p>He was asked who held the record for the most times reaching base in a playoff game.</p><p>“Kenny. Who held the record?” Verlander asked. “Barry (Bonds)?” Lofton responded.  “No. You.” Verlander stated.</p><p>“WHAT?! REALLY?!” Lofton shouted. “SHOHEI YOU BROKE MY RECORD”.</p><p>In 1995, Lofton got on base six times in Game 3 of the World Series. At the time, he was the CF for the then-Cleveland Indians as they took on the Atlanta Braves.</p><p>Additionally, Lofton had five stolen bases and hit a walk-off home run in the 13th inning. Eventually, the Braves defeated Cleveland in six games. In 1942, Stan Hack of the Chicago Cubs got on base nine times in a regular-season game that went 18 innings.</p><h2><b>What more history awaits Shohei Ohtani?</b></h2><p>Ohtani has already achieved legendary status. He’s the only player in MLB history to win three MVP Awards unanimously (2021, 2023, 2024). Also, Ohtani is an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-stories/why-shohei-ohtani-clear-nl-mvp-front-runner">odds-on favorite</a> to win a fourth this season.</p><p>At this point, he is very much on pace to equal or surpass Barry Bonds, who has seven MVPs. Plus, Ohtani has 280 home runs thus far. If he keeps it up, he could become the Japanese-born player with the most home runs in MLB history.</p><p>Furthermore, Ohtani is well on pace to notch 100 wins and 1,000 strikeouts, cementing his status as a legendary dual player.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kenny Lofton had no idea Shohei Ohtani just broke his MLB record

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A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Dodgers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-shohei-ohtani-historic-mlb-club-blue-jays-tactic">Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani</a> has the chance to have perhaps the greatest 24 hours in baseball history on Tuesday night in Game 4 of the World Series — and he knows it.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-watch-dave-roberts-clubhouse-speech-world-series-game-3">Dodgers manager Dave Roberts addressed his team</a> in the clubhouse early Tuesday morning after the team outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays in an 18-inning marathon, 6-5, to take a 2-1 series lead. Video of his speech went viral with Ohtani in the background and fans are loving <a href="https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1983183846339494164" rel="noopener">his reaction</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Shohei’s excitement took over when he heard “we got a game later today!” <a href="https://t.co/vU1UxEFR6p">pic.twitter.com/vU1UxEFR6p</a></p><p>— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1983183846339494164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 28, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Hey, we got a game later today,” Roberts shouts. As the players cheer, Ohtani can be seen with his hands in the air, jumping up and down. When the camera pans to him, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/dodgers-news-shohei-ohtani-world-series-game-4-start-confirmed">Ohtani, the Game 4 starting pitcher</a>, mocks throwing a pitch.</p><p>As Roberts repeats himself, someone off camera says, “Our starting pitcher was on base nine times.”</p><p>That’s not a typo. Ohtani hit two home runs, had two doubles and walked five times in a game that ran nearly seven hours. He has now homered six times over his last four games, including his three-home-run outburst in the deciding Game 4 of the NLCS against the Milwaukee Brewers.</p><p>Freddie Freeman, who mercifully ended the game with a walk-off home run — the second straight year he’s done that in the World Series — <a href="https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/shohei-ohtani-homers-in-world-series-game-3-2025" rel="noopener">put it best</a> when he called it “Shohei’s game.”</p><p>“I hope we don’t lose sight … our starting pitcher tomorrow got on base nine times tonight,” he said, via MLB.com. “Just incredible.”</p><p>With Ohtani ready to take the mound, where he has struck out 19 batters in 12 innings this postseason, giving up three runs, he will be able to show off his brilliance again in a matter of hours.</p><p>“I don’t know how he does it,” Max Muncy added. “Every time he goes out there and pitches, I kind of look at him and the first thought that comes to my head is, ‘That guy must sleep really good at night.'”</p><p>Those who stuck with Game 3 to the bitter end know Muncy is right.</p><p>“I want to go to sleep as soon as possible so I can get ready,” Ohtani said on the broadcast through his interpreter.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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