Instead, the teams played until Freddie Freeman homered to give the Dodgers a 6-5 victory over the Blue Jays. <\/p>\n
The 18-inning game tied for the longest in World Series history \u2014 the Dodgers beat the Red Sox in that other marathon, in Game 3 of the 2018 Fall Classic.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s baseball in its truest form and part of winning a seven-game series is if there are games like that, then you have to go through the battle of attrition with pitching,\u201d Roberts said. \u201cI do like the way it is, and also for the regular season, the way it\u2019s structured.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts talks with reporters after the Dodgers\u2019 6-2 loss to the Blue Jays in Game 4 of the World Series on Oct. 28, 2025. Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Roberts got a fourth inning of scoreless relief from his 10th pitcher of the night, Will Klein, and was set to insert Yoshinobu Yamamoto \u2014 who had pitched a complete game two days earlier \u2014 if the game reached the 19th inning. And if Yamamoto couldn\u2019t have pitched? Infielder Miguel Rojas was the next option.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s kind of where we were at,\u201d Roberts said, noting that Game 1 starter Blake Snell had thrown a pregame bullpen session and likely would not have been considered.<\/p>\n
George Springer was \u201chour to hour,\u201d according to Blue Jays manager John Schneider after leaving Monday\u2019s game with side discomfort on a swing. <\/p>\n
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Bo Bichette, who was the DH in place of the injured George Springer, rips an RBI single in the seventh inning of the Blue Jays\u2019 Game 4 win over the Dodgers. Getty Images<\/p>\n
Bo Bichette started at DH in Springer\u2019s spot and went 1-for-4, including a key RBI single in the seventh inning. <\/p>\n