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LA Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox in longest-ever World Series game

 in Game Three of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
Image: Max Muncy hit the winning home run for the LA Dodgers in Game Three of the World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers won the longest game in World Series history to reduce the Boston Red Sox's lead to 2-1.

The game at Dodger Stadium lasted an incredible seven hours and 20 minutes with Max Muncy's home run giving the Dodgers a 3-2 win at the bottom of the 18th innings.

 in Game Three of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
Image: The Dodgers celebrate their Game Three win to reduce the Boston Red Sox's lead in the World Series to 2-1

The fourth game of the best-of-seven series will be played in Los Angeles on Saturday night as the Dodgers chase their first World Series title in 30 years.

Boston was one out away from taking a commanding 3-0 lead, but an error by second baseman Ian Kinsler allowed the Dodgers to tie the game 2-2 in the 13th inning.

 in Game Three of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
Image: The game began on Friday afternoon at 5.09pm local time and finished 7hrs 20 minutes later in the early hours of Saturday morning

Muncy's winning home run saw the game finish at around half past midnight local time as it became the longest post-season game in Major League Baseball history.

The game was also the longest in the 115-year history of the World Series, comfortably surpassing the 14-inning, 5hr 41min battle between the Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox in 2005.

 in Game Three of the 2018 World Series at Dodger Stadium on October 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
Image: Fans showed their tiredness as the game became the longest in the 115-year history of the World Series

Red Sox manager Alex Cora said the game was "probably one of the best, if not the best game I've ever been a part of."

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Both exhausted teams emptied their benches as they attempted to get over the line, combining to use 46 players, a record for a World Series game.

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