Bob Levey/Getty ImagesOn Sunday Thurman Munson Jersey , Shohei Ohtani accomplished something we haven't seen in the majors since 1919.After retiring two Houston Astros hitters, Ohtani hit a statistical threshold last achieved by Babe Ruth, via SportsCenter:SportsCenter SportsCenterShohei Ohtani is the first player since Babe Ruth in 1919 with 50 IP and 15 HR in a single season.Thats 99 years! 0h1kPJL4wLThe two-way player already had 15 home runs on the season as a hitter but was sitting on 49.1 innings pitched until Sunday's start.Although the Japanese star allowed two runs in 2.1 innings on a George Springer two-run homer, it only raised his ERA to 3.31 on the season.Ohtani threw only 49 pitches in his first appearance as a pitcher since June 6. An elbow injury has kept him off the mound and only in the batter's box.The good news is he has been as good as advertised as a hitter, producing a .276 batting average and .897 OPS in 80 appearances this season. In addition to his 15 home runs, he also has 16 doubles and 43 RBI.In a sport where most players specialize as hitters or pitchers, the 24-year-old has shown the ability to excel in both.Any time you are in the same category as Ruth it is also a major accomplishment. The Hall of Famer mostly abandoned his pitching career after being sold to the New York Yankees in 1920, but he had 2.97 ERA in 133.1 innings in 1919.He also happened to lead the majors with 29 home runs that season.Considering he went on to hit 714 home runs in his career, focusing on hitting was probably the right move. The Dodgers started the night well-fueled thanks to Buehler, who fired seven impressive shutout innings in a game Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts called "must-win." The kid is 24 years old going on Legend. A year ago, he watched Game 2 of the World Series from an upper-deck seat in the left-field corner of Dodger Stadium. Friday night, he stared hard at his World Series debut...and the World Series blinked."Certain people can handle a moment like this and understand what was at stake tonight," Roberts said of Buehler. "And we needed his best effort. And we needed him to go deeper than their starter, log some innings. Some guys run from it. Some guys can't answer the bell."The bell answered to Buehler. Whenever that day comes when Kershaw is finished in Los Angeles, it will be Buehler who eases the sting for Los Angeles fans."You can't say enough about Walker," Freese said. "He's a playoff stud. I don't know what to say about the guy. He's just a bulldog. He's had the ball in some very meaningful games."He left with a 1-0 lead, but closer Kenley Jansen surrendered a game-tying home run to Jackie Bradley Jr. with two out in the eighth. Forced to play without a DH in the NL park, Cora opted to bench Andrew Benintendi instead of Bradley, and Bradley rewarded him.In the moment http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-jorge-posada-jersey , it appeared as if that dagger could have been fatal to the Dodgers. No team has ever come back to win a World Series after losing the first three games, and Boston appeared to be gaining momentum.Also in the moment, nobody could know that they would be playing for, oh, another four hours or so."The seventh to ninth innings, I took a nap," quipped Freese, who, in pinch-hitting for reliever Dylan Floro, became the last position player to enter the game from either team as both Roberts and Cora emptied their benches."No," Freese continued. "I just stayed loose, man."This game was wild."By the time Freese entered, Eovaldi was well into what should have been a heroic evening. After twice coming back from Tommy John surgery in his career, Eovaldi was acquired by Boston from Tampa Bay on July 25 and will be a free agent this winter. He's already made himself a lot of money this month by emerging as one of Boston's most dependable and dominant pitchers, but he outdid himself Friday.Only three times in his 22 appearances this summer鈥?1 of which were starts鈥攄id Eovaldi throw more than the 97 pitches he fired in Game 3. He hit 100 mph when he entered in the 12th and was still clocking in the high 90s five innings later."Effort-wise...that was one of the best performances, probably, in World Series history," Cora said.Bleacher Report BleacherReportWILD. (via MLB)dFyLgZ9uF1Eovaldi nearly left with a smile, and much earlier. Boston scored a run in the 13thinning when Brock Holt walked Don Larsen Jersey , was wild-pitched to second and then scored from there on Eduardo Nunez's infield single when pitcher Scott Alexander threw wild to first.But in the bottom of the inning, with two out and Muncy on second, Yasiel Puig drove a ground ball up the middle that Ian Kinsler ranged over, scooped up...and then threw wild to first, tying the game at 2-2."I had the last out in my glove, and we ended up playing however many innings, 18 innings, 19 innings, whatever," a dejected Kinsler said. "I had an opportunity to end the game right there, and it didn't happen."Kinsler's right foot slipped as he turned to make the throw, digging up a large divot in the Dodger Stadium turf. His mistake was in rushing, off-balance, rather than either setting himself to throw or simply deciding to hold the ball, which would have left runners at the corners with two out and Boston still leading.Bleacher Report BleacherReportPUIGGGGGG 馃憦(via MLB)8VqICyIdUZHe apologized to Eovaldi afterward, but the pitcher told him not to worry about it, that they are all in this together."We're a team," Eovaldi told Kinsler. "I know you've got my back."And, he added http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-johnny-damon-jersey , "I've got his."It was such a gutty, gritty performance that Porcello, who started and surrendered one run and three hits in 4.2 innings, said it left him in tears."That was the most incredible pitching performance I've ever seen," Porcello said."Everybody definitely had my back...tonight," Eovaldi said. "That means a lot to me. As a player, that's pretty much all you can ask for, your teammates to have your back and things like that."If not for Muncy, who drove another ball into the seats but foul in the 15th, Boston may well be on deck to sweep this series, and we'd be talking about Eovaldi the rest of the winter.Instead, Muncy in the 18th whacked the first walk-off World Series home run since...Freese, for St. Louis, in the 11thinning of Game 6 of the 2011 World Series against Texas."That's cool," said Freese, who didn't know that until a reporter informed him after the game. "I'm just happy to be part of it."Not that he鈥攐r any other Dodger鈥攃ould remember many of the details."The 13th?" Kershaw repeated when asked about the clubs trading one run each in that inning to play even deeper into the night. "What happened in the 13th?""You know, to be honest, as the game kept going, you look up and see the 18thinning Masahiro Tanaka Jersey , and you're like, 'Holy cow, where did the game go?'" Muncy said. "But those last nine innings or so just kind of blended together."As the last several Dodgers batted, Dozier swung three bananas tied together by long shoelaces like a pendulum over the dugout railing in an apparent throwback to Hernandez's rally banana days from 2015.It was a bananas night. Long. Wacky. Tense. Surreal."Especially when you're on the outside looking in, kind of like a fan," Freese said. "Then you get in a handful of hours later鈥?"As he sat in the dugout waiting to be called, Freese continued to be amazed by what he watched around him, especially as Boston came so close to taking a 3-0 series lead and placing the Dodgers on the endangered species list."These guys are so relaxed," Freese said. "I haven't been around this group very long ... every now and then, they'll flip helmets or flip words, but man, they do a good job of turning the page.""Gut-wrenching game for both sides," Muncy said. "This is one of those games that whoever came out on top is going to have a lot of momentum going into tomorrow."A lot of momentum, but precious little sleep."Most people thought it was over when [Boston] scored their second run," Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger said. "I don't even know what inning that was."Scott Miller covers Major League Baseball as a national columnist for Bleacher Report. Follow Scotton Twitterand talk baseball.