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By the numbers: Epic Game 3 full of unprecedented performances

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Well, that was insane.

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in 18 innings in Game 3 on Monday, matching the longest World Series game in MLB history.

Here are some of the standout numbers from the historic contest.

0 - RBIs for Mookie Betts despite nine plate appearances. Betts went 0-for-3 with RISP and 0-for-5 with a runner on base on the night.

1 - Clayton Kershaw retired Nathan Lukes with the bases loaded to end the 12th inning. That was the only batter the left-hander faced in the game.

2 - Players with multiple walk-off hits in the World Series. Freddie Freeman joined Goose Goslin, who did it in 1934 and 1935. Freeman, the hero on Monday night with an 18th-inning solo homer, also hit an iconic walk-off grand slam in Game 1 of last year's World Series.

4 - Shohei Ohtani became the the first player with four intentional walks in a postseason game. Ohtani went 4-for-4 with two home runs and two doubles in the first seven innings before he was walked five straight times.

9 - Ohtani set the MLB postseason record for most times reaching base.

10 - The Dodgers are the first team ever to use 10 pitchers in a World Series game. Four pitchers combined to record only four outs as the bullpen allowed just one run over 13 1/3 innings.

17 - Hours between the end of Game 3 and the start of Game 4. Ohtani gets the ball Tuesday night coming off a 10-strikeout performance in his last start.

18 - The marathon tilt matched the innings total from Game 3 between the Dodgers and Boston Red Sox in the 2018 World Series. Those are the two longest games in the history of the Fall Classic. Los Angeles won that night on a Max Muncy walk-off homer but went on to lose the series.

19 - Combined pitchers who came into Game 3, the most in postseason history. Neither team had a single reliever left in its bullpen. Prior to Freeman's walk-off homer, starters Shane Bieber and Yoshinobu Yamamoto were up in their respective bullpens preparing to potentially enter the game. This comes after the Dodgers only needed one pitcher in Game 2.

23 - Franchise record for players used by the Blue Jays in a playoff game, which also tied an MLB record. The only players Toronto did not use were Game 4 starter Bieber (who did begin to get loose in the bullpen), Kevin Gausman, and Trey Yesavage.

37 - Runners left on base by both teams. It certainly wasn't an offensive clinic, as the two clubs combined for one run over the final 10 innings. The Blue Jays set the World Series record by leaving 19 runners on base.

44 - Total players used, marking the second most in World Series history.

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72 - Pitches thrown by Dodgers reliever Will Klein in the win. The right-hander hadn't thrown more than 36 pitches in a single outing this season and had only thrown 14 pitches total in this year's playoffs prior to Game 3.

101.8 - The fastest pitch of the game delivered by Edgardo Henriquez in the 13th inning. That's right: The Dodgers' ninth pitcher of the night was throwing over 100 mph.

153 - Combined plate appearances between the two teams, which set a World Series record. Despite this, there were only 11 runs, 31 hits (.203 average), 19 walks, and 29 strikeouts.

609 - Pitches thrown, establishing another World Series record. That's more than the 549 total pitches thrown in Game 1 and 2 of the series combined.

6:39 - Game time. It was the longest game in Blue Jays history.

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