October 27, 2018
By Ted Berg
After 18 innings, Max Muncy hits a walk-off home run to give the Dodgers their first win in the series
Los Angeles -- There will be no sweep. Not on Max Muncy’s watch. (click here)
Muncy’s walk-off homer in the bottom of the 18th inning gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 3-2 victory in what was, by time, the longest game in World Series history. The homer saved a terrific effort by rookie starter Walker Buehler and ruined an outstanding relief outing by the Boston Red Sox’s Nathan Eovaldi.
Buehler was spectacular in the early part Game 3. The right-hander looked sharp from the start -- if not necessarily efficient. He struck out Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts while opening the game with a perfect first, but required 26 pitches to get through the inning -- an ominous sign for a pitcher who eclipsed the 100-pitch mark in only six of his 23 regular-season starts. But Buehler, whose fastball registered as high as 100.1 mph in the outing, made quicker work of the Boston lineup thereafter....
