LOS ANGELES -- The plan for the Blue Jays coming into Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night wasn't to walk Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani , but by the end of their 18-inning marathon loss, it became their identity.

Ohtani was on-base a record nine times, including by intentional walk in four consecutive plate appearances, starting in the ninth inning. A fifth walk - in the 17th - was a four-pitch unintentional one, but for all practical purposes, the Blue Jays gave him first base, then, too.

"It's not the easiest thing in the world to just walk him and face Mookie (Betts) and Freddie (Freeman)," Blue Jays manager John Schneider said after the 6-5 loss. "You got to really execute at a high level against him. I think the first couple games we did.

"I think that we executed pretty well,

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