"Repeating history, rocking the Ravine, winning the unwinnable, Freddie Freeman has done it again for the Dodgers, knocking a baseball for a second consecutive October into probably a second consecutive championship. In the 18th inning of the longest World Series game in baseball history Monday, nearly seven hours after it started, Freeman smashingly ended it with a leadoff home run against the Toronto Blue Jays to give the Dodgers a 6-5 victory and a two-games-to-one lead."
"This time last year he was hitting an extra-inning, walk-off grand slam against the New York Yankees that propelled the Dodgers to the title. At the time, he was being compared to Kirk Gibson and his memorable 1988 World Series homer. This time, he can only be compared to himself, a guy who was struggling so much in the postseason that both Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts had been intentionally walked in front of him late in the game."
"Three times in extra innings, he could have ended the game with a hit. Three times he left runners stranded. But, finally, Freddie once again became Freddie, driving the ball deep over the center-field fence, thrusting his right hand in the air, and watching his teammates dancing and jumping and screaming with a jubilation not previously seen by this workmanlike team this postseason."
Freddie Freeman ended the longest World Series game with an 18th-inning leadoff home run, delivering a 6-5 Dodgers victory and a two-games-to-one series lead. Freeman replicated postseason heroics after last year’s extra-inning grand slam, overcoming earlier extra-inning missed opportunities in the same game. Teammates erupted in jubilation while Shohei Ohtani embraced Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who was slated to pitch despite a recent complete game. The night featured marathon play, exhausted pitching staffs, and near shortages of baseballs, underscoring the game’s drama and the Dodgers’ resilience in high-pressure moments.
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