October 26, 2018: The Longest Game In World Series History

October 26, 2018: Game 3 of the World Series is played at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. It turns out to be the longest game in World Series history. Joc Pederson gives the Los Angeles Dodgers the lead with a home run in the 3rd inning, and Jackie Bradley Jr. ties it for the Boston Red Sox with a home run in the 8th, to make it 2-2. The Red Sox scored in the top of the 13th on a walk, a wild pitch and a single-and-error. But the Dodgers tied it on a walk, a fly out, and a single-and-error of their own.

As the game went on and on, Twitter users began making jokes about its length: This game had started at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn and was moved to Dodger Stadium; Sandy Koufax had started the game for the Dodgers, Cy Young for the Red Sox; Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson had traded home runs in the 14th, and so on.

Max Muncy nearly hit a walkoff home run in the bottom of the 15th, but his drive hooked just foul. He finally hit one in the bottom of the 18th, giving the Dodgers a 3-2 win. Nathan Eovaldi, normally a starting pitcher, had thrown 7 innings in relief before taking the loss.

But Eovaldi's effort helped save the Boston bullpen, keeping their relievers fresh. This would be the only game the Dodgers would win in the Series.

The 18 innings broke the Series record of 14, set by the same teams in 1916, and tied by the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros in Game 3 in 2005. The first pitch was at 5:10 PM Pacific Time (8:10 Eastern), and it ended at 12:30 AM (3:30 Eastern).

At 7 hours and 20 minutes, it broke the record of that 2005 Game 3, 5 hours and 41 minutes, and tied the record for longest postseason game ever, set in Game 4 of the 2005 National League Division Series, won by the Astros on Chris Burke's home run against the Cardinals. This game was longer than the entire 1939 World Series, a 4-game sweep by the Yankees over the Reds, which took a combined 7 hours and 5 minutes to play.

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October 26, 2018 was a Friday. It was the only baseball game played that day. Football would be played for the next 3 days. There were 7 games played in the NBA that night:

* The New York Knicks lost to the Golden State Warriors, 128-100 at Madison Square Garden. Kevin Durant scored 41 points.

* The Brooklyn Nets lost to the New Orleans Hornets, 117-115 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

* The Charlotte Hornets beat the Chicago Bulls, 135-106 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.

* The Toronto Raptors beat the Dallas Mavericks, 116-107 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.

* The Los Angeles Clippers beat the Houston Rockets, 133-113 at the Toyota Center in Houston.

* The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves, 125-95 at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

* And the Sacramento Kings beat the Washington Wizards, 116-112 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

And there were 4 games played in the NHL:

* The Carolina Hurricanes beat the San Jose Sharks, 4-3 in a shootout at the PNC Arena (now the Lenovo Center) in Raleigh.

* The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Ottawa Senators, 6-3 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus.

* The Winnipeg Jets beat the Detroit Red Wings, 2-1 at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

* And the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vegas Golden Knights, 3-2 at the T-Mobile Center outside Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada.