![]() ![]() Their sole run came on a solo home run by outfielder Joc Pederson off of Red Sox starter Rick Porcello. If the Dodgers had trotted out the same lineup as they used in games 1 and 2, they might not have had even that opportunity. Now Los Angeles has to hope their bullpen - unreliable at best in this series - will give them time to scratch out a game-winner in extra innings. He threw more than 20 pitches faster than 98 mph in the first three innings.īradley had a quiet World Series through two games with just one hit, but is coming of an MVP-winning American League Championship Series performance in which he batted in nine runs on just three huge hits, including a grand slam in Game 3 of that series. Too weird to live, and too rare to die." Starting pitcher Walker Buehler of the Los Angeles Dodgers throws against the Boston Red Sox on Friday during the second inning in Game 3 of the World Series in Los Angeles. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. ![]() Neither team had a position player left on the bench - which could have triggered true weirdness if the Red Sox's Eduardo Núñez had taken more damage from any of his many extra-innings tumbles and face-plants.īefore Muncy's smash, four innings had passed by with such little action it began to feel as if the game might never end - like a bad pharmaceutical trip out of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - especially after the surreal 13th inning. He also unfortunately (if you like record-setting spectacle) or fortunately (if you have a toddler waking up in four hours) threw the pitch that Dodgers infielder Max Muncy launched over the wall and into the trivia books, ending the game 3-2.īy that point, Boston had one pitcher left in its bullpen, Los Angeles two. Red Sox pitcher Nathan Eovaldi threw a nearly flawless seven-inning start, beginning in the 11th inning. The longest World Series game ever lasted 18 innings and more than seven hours. And if that wasn't enough baseball for you, Game 4 of the World Series starts in Los Angeles in less than 17 hours (8 p.m. There wasn't a doubleheader scheduled for Dodgers Stadium on Friday night, but they played one anyway. "We can't stop here, this is bat country!" Max Muncy of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits an 18th inning walk-off home run early Saturday on a pitch from Nathan Eovaldi of the Boston Red Sox to win Game Three of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium. ![]()
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