"There's a bit of irony in the fact that it's Freeman, who represents Canada on the international stage, sends Canadians everywhere into bitter disappointment in the wee hours of the morning. It was 4:20 in the morning in St. John's, Newfoundland, 2:50 a.m. in Toronto, 1:50 in the morning in Winnipeg and almost midnight in Vancouver. From coast-to-coast-to-coast the collective hearts of Canada simultaneously broke as Freeman's ball went over the wall in dead centre field."
"It took six hours and 39 minutes to play. 19 pitchers were used, 609 pitches were thrown and 153 batters came to the plate. It was a game the Blue Jays were, at one point, eight outs away from winning when Shohei Ohtani hit a solo home run with one out in the seventh to tie the game 5-5. Nobody scored over the next 10 and a half innings, until Freeman sent everyone to the showers."
Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off solo home run off Brendon Little in the 18th inning of Game 3, giving the LA Dodgers a 2-1 World Series lead. The game lasted six hours and 39 minutes and tied the longest postseason game in MLB history at 18 innings. Nineteen pitchers were used, 609 pitches were thrown and 153 batters appeared. The Blue Jays were eight outs away from victory before Shohei Ohtani tied the game with a seventh-inning solo home run. No runs scored over the next ten and a half innings until Freeman ended the marathon. The home run came off Little, the Blue Jays' last available reliever.
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