World Series even at two as LA Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays trade wins

The GIST: All tied up! Nine extra innings and countless memes later, the LA Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays are even at two games apiece, with Game 5 on deck in LA tonight at 8 p.m. ET.

• From Monday’s late-night early-morning heroics to last night’s explosive comeback, here’s what you need to know about this truly jaw-dropping best-of-seven World Series matchup.

💙 LA’s Freddie Freeman adds to postseason lore: Six hours and 39 minutes, 18 innings, but all the Dodgers’ first baseman needed was one swing to end Monday’s marathon Game 3, walking it off for a 6–5 win. It simply had to be Freeman, who became the first player with multiple walk-off homers in the World Series. The definition of clutch.

🐦 Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. breaks Jays’ franchise postseason home run record: What started as a pitchers’ duel quickly turned into a convincing 6–2 Toronto win. Vladdy blasted a two-run home run in the third inning (his seventh dinger of these playoffs) to take the lead before the Jays put the game away with a four-run seventh inning. And that’s on resilience.

⏩ Game 1 starters Trey Yesavage (Toronto) and Blake Snell (LA) take the mound again tonight: Toronto bested the usually sharp Snell with five runs in last week’s World Series opener, but the Jays could be without one of their best bats: Outfielder George Springer left Game 3 early with an injury and didn’t take the diamond last night. Keep an eye on that lineup card ahead of Game 5 — a chance to be one win away from a World Series trophy hangs in the balance.