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Longest World Series game lasted 18 innings and 7 hours 20 minutes, as the Dodgers beat the Red Sox 3-2 in Game 3 of the 2018 Fall Classic.
What began as an ordinary Monday night at Dodger Stadium turned into a World Series marathon for the ages. The Dodgers outlasted the Blue Jays in 18 innings and nearly seven hours of baseball to take a 2–1 series lead.
There are penalty shootouts in hockey and football, but in baseball? The game continues to extra innings until a winner is decided, period. This strong approach has led to some of the toughest matches in sports history. The longest MLB games can go past ...
Freddie Freeman's walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning of Game 3 of the 2025 World Series ended what had been the longest in the 121-year
Game 3 of the 2025 World Series gave fans a marathon matchup for the ages. Check out which other championship games across sports went more than the distance.
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The 14 longest extra-inning games in MLB playoff, World Series history
All four have been played in the past two decades. The most recent was Game 3 of the 2025 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. The Dodgers beat the Blue Jays 6-5 on a walk-off home run by Freddie Freeman, taking a 2-1 series lead.
Scherzer has the chance to claim his third career World Series title, having previously lifted the trophy with the 2019 Nationals and 2023 Rangers. He also has the chance to deny Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts his fourth World Series ring, as well as a slew of other Dodgers their third.