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Red Sox, Dodgers in longest WS game

LOS ANGELES — The longest World Series game ever headed to the 16th inning Friday night with the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers tied at 2.

The game continued after presstime.

Both teams scored bizarre runs in the 13th that kept Game 3 going. Fans were still standing at packed Dodger Stadium after six hours of baseball.

The Red Sox were oh-so-close to taking a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Series. But second baseman Ian Kinsler’s wild throw on a two-out grounder by Yasiel Puig in the 13th let Los Angeles score the tying run.

Twice before had Series games lasted 14 innings — Mets-Royals in 2014 and White Sox-Astros in 2005.

Boston went ahead in the 13th when Brock Holt scored from second on a bad fielding exchange between Dodgers reliever Scott Alexander and second baseman Enrique Hernandez. Alexander fielded Eduardo Nunez’s tapper between the mound and first base, but his throw to a hustling Hernandez got away and Holt scored.

In the bottom half, Max Muncy drew a leadoff walk and tagged up when Nunez caught a foul pop and tumbled into the third base stands. Puig followed with his grounder up the middle and a stumbling Kinsler made a sidearm sling that bounced way wide of first.

Neither team got much going in the 12th — no surprise for a game dominated by pitching. Nathan Eovaldi, who had been set to start Game 4, made his third relief appearance of the week.

Cody Bellinger made a sensational throw from center field to nail a Red Sox runner at the plate in the 10th.

Manny Machado had a chance to win it for Los Angeles in the bottom of the 10th, but Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel got him to pop up with two outs and a runner on second.

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