Which 2025 World Series game lasted 18 innings?
Answer
Game 3
Game 3 of the 2025 World Series lasted 18 innings. The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays played a 6-hour, 39-minute classic at Dodger Stadium before Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th.
The game was tied 5–5 for much of the marathon. Shohei Ohtani made World Series history by reaching base nine times and drawing four intentional walks, while both teams combined to use 19 pitchers and throw 609 pitches. Dodgers reliever Will Klein earned the win after pitching four scoreless innings.
The 18-inning contest tied several other postseason games for the longest by innings, including Game 3 of the 2018 World Series. That earlier marathon also involved the Dodgers, making “Game 3” an easy point of confusion for fans remembering the previous record. The 2025 game was the second-longest postseason contest by elapsed time, behind the 2018 World Series marathon.