Game 3 of the World Series was a stone-cold thriller, with peaks of high drama and longueurs of exquisitely tense tedium. It started at 5:11 p.m. in Los Angeles and ended shortly before midnight, when the Dodgers’ first baseman Freddie Freeman finally hit a solo home run to the black void of the batter’s eye in center field. The home team earned a 6–5 win, a two-games-to-one series lead, and the chance for both teams to briefly rest the record 19 pitchers they collectively employed.