Dodgers' Freddie Freeman makes World Series history for second consecutive season in nail-biting win

Hunter Cookston

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Dodgers' Freddie Freeman makes World Series history for second consecutive season in nail-biting win image

The Los Angeles Dodgers just went to battle with the Toronto Blue Jays for six hours in a game that will go down as one of the most iconic in World Series history. Both bullpens were completely emptied, and even the benches cleared. If the game had gone any longer, Shane Bieber and Yoshinobu Yamamoto would have been called to the mound.

“The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays made history with their 18-inning marathon in Game 3 of the 2025 World Series, tying the record for longest Fall Classic game. It equaled the record 18-inning game in 2018, when the Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox on Max Muncy's home run in the 18th inning of Game 3 right here at Dodger Stadium,” USA Today’s Jesse Yomtov wrote.

The World Series matchup ended with a walk-off home run from the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman. Not only was it a historic game for the Dodgers, but it was a milestone moment for Freeman as well.

“Freddie Freeman is the first player with multiple walk-off homers in World Series HISTORY,” MLB posted.

As if Freeman didn’t already have one of the most iconic postseason moments with his grand slam last October, he managed to top himself—this time doing it in the longest game in MLB history.

“Thirty-six years after a gimpy Kirk Gibson limped to the plate to smack a Game 1 walk-off homer, Freddie Freeman came to the plate on a badly injured right ankle with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th and belted the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history to send the Dodgers to an electrifying 6-3 victory over the Yankees on Friday night at a sold-out Dodger Stadium,” MLB.com’s Anthony Castrovince wrote last October.

In a Dodgers uniform, Freeman is quickly becoming one of the most clutch postseason players of all time. This was a massive win for the Dodgers and a crushing loss for the Blue Jays.

Once again, Freeman has etched his name into the World Series record books. For the Dodgers, just two more wins stand between them and back-to-back championships.

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