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Blue Jays drop 18-inning thriller to Dodgers on walk-off homer by Freeman

Shohei Ohtani dominated early, and the Los Angeles Dodgers came away with a walk-off victory in Game 3 of the World Series.

The Toronto Blue Jays lost 6-5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 18 innings on Monday as Ohtani starred at the plate, hitting two homers and two doubles in the win.

Los Angeles sealed the win on a walk-off blast to straight away centre by Freddie Freeman.

The Dodgers struck first behind solo homers from Teoscar Hernandez and Ohtani in the second and third innings.

Toronto, however, responded with a big fourth inning against Tyler Glasnow. After Vladimir Guerrero Jr. worked a leadoff walk, Bo Bichette reached on an error by Dodgers second baseman Tommy Edman and two batters later, Alejandro Kirk blasted a three-run shot out to centre.

The Blue Jays added on further in the frame when Andres Gimenez brought Addison Barger in to score with a sacrifice fly.

Los Angeles answered with two runs in the fifth on an Ohtani double and a Freddie Freeman single to tie the game, setting up a dramatic finish.

The Blue Jays retook the lead in the seventh, when Guerrero raced all the way around from first to score on a Bo Bichette single. The back and forth continued in the bottom half, though, when Ohtani homered off Seranthony Dominguez to tie the game.

After things went scoreless for the next ten innings, the Dodgers came away with the walk-off victory.

Clayton Kershaw got a huge out for the Dodgers in the top of the 12th after entering out of the bullpen with two outs and the bases loaded. The former MVP got Nathan Lukes to ground out after an eight-pitch battle.

Shane Bieber will go up against Ohtani on the mound in Game 4 on Tuesday night.

More to come.

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