

Talk about an Instant Classic. Freddie Freeman, "Mr. World Series" for the Los Angeles Dodgers, hit a solo home run to straightaway center field as the Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 at Dodger Stadium on Monday night/Tuesday morning.
Yes, it was THAT kind of a game. It's one that will go down in the history of Major League Baseball as one of the greatest ever.
Of course, Shohei Ohtani had something to say in the game, too.
But Dodgers fans who stuck around for all 18 innings were treated to a walk-off home run in classic Freddie style.
The game was getting plenty of attention from all over the world on X/Twitter.
An amazing game that will take some time to break down. We're going to do our best here at Dodgers Roundtable to do just that.
OK, so where do we start? Let's go all the way back to the second inning. Teoscar Hernández hit a solo home run to give Los Angeles an early 1-0 lead. Ohtani hit a solo home run in the bottom of the third for a 2-0 Dodgers lead.
Toronto's Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run homer in the top of the fourth, giving the Blue Jays a 3-2 lead. Andres Gimenez followed with a sacrifice fly to give Toronto a 4-2 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth, Ohtani doubled to left and scored Kike Hernandez for a 4-3 Toronto lead. Then Freeman hit an RBI single to tie the game at 4-4.
In the top of the seventh inning, Daulton Varsho singled, scoring Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for a 5-4 Toronto lead. That lasted until Shohei homered on the first pitch he saw from Toronto's Seranthony Dominguez in the bottom of the seventh, his second homer in the game, to tie things up at 5-5.
Then a mixture of stellar relief pitching and amazing defense from both teams kept the game tied for a long, long, long time.
The Blue Jays had runners thrown out at third base and home plate, snuffing out rallies. The Dodgers also had a runner thrown out at home, too.
Both teams threw out their bullpens. Even Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw got into the mix, getting a key out for the Dodgers when needed. And Yoshinobu Yamamoto was warming up in the bullpen, too, after reportedly telling Dodgers manager Dave Roberts that he volunteered to pitch if needed.
The game was being watched by so many people, they were using their Twitter fingers to share their thoughts as the game rolled along.
Ultimately, after standing on their feet pretty much all night long and into the morning hours on the East Coast, Dodgers fans got a chance to cheer for a home-team victory.
Freeman already had etched his name into Dodgers lore. But this game? He might have put it into unbreakable cement forever.
There is a Game 4 in mere hours from now. Ohtani, who picked up a few intentional and not-so-intentional walks in this game, is set to start that one. When asked about it post-game in an interview on Fox, Ohtani said, through his translator, that he just wanted to go home and get some sleep.
Shohei probably speaks not only for Dodgers Nation, but for baseball fans ranging from Los Angeles to Japan.
For the Blue Jays, this will be a bitter pill to swallow. They played their hearts out, only to come up short in a Fall Classic for all time.
How will the teams respond on Tuesday night? That will be one of the storylines coming out of this game. The Dodgers definitely have the emotional edge, though.
And Freddie never has to buy dinner in Los Angeles for the rest of his life.