This rule alteration allows a team to leave a departed pitcher in as the DH for the remainder of the game. So when Ohtani leaves the mound, he essentially morphs from a pitcher in the batting order to just a designated hitter in the batting order. The Dodgers won't have to let their relief pitchers hit. Ohtani will hit for them.

Thanks to a historic performance from Shohei Ohtani and heroics from Freddie Freeman, the Dodgers won Game 3 of the World Series 6-5 in an 18-inning thriller. Monday's game is tied for the longest game in World Series history. Both teams scored in the seventh inning, but went the next 10 innings without scoring a run.

All the latest Los Angeles Dodgers news after a dominant Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitching performance in World Series Game 2.

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