It’s a crazy performance.
Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers led the Dodgers’ offense along with Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts with 153 hits, 22 homers, 89 RBIs, 81 runs, and a batting average of 0.282 OPS of 0.854 in 147 games this season.
Freeman was in a state of ups and downs for a while after suffering an ankle injury in a showdown with the San Diego Padres on September 27 (Korean time). He needed to recover for about four weeks because he played with the pain.
As a result, Freeman recorded a batting average of 0.219 OPS 0.461 with seven hits, one RBI, one RBI, one walk, six strikeouts, and one stolen base in eight of 11 games in the 2024 Major League Postseason National League Division Series (NLDS) and National League Championship Series (NLCS).
However, Freeman is showing a 180-degree change in the World Series against the New York Yankees. After playing in Game 5 of the NLCS against the New York Mets on the 19th, he rested for seven days and his ankle condition improved.
Freeman has become a hero since Game 1 of the World Series, which took place on the 26th. Freeman came to the batter’s box with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning when his team was trailing 2-3, and hit a finishing grand slam by pulling Nestor Cortes’ first pitch of 92.5 miles (about 148.8 km/h).
Freeman’s bat got hotter afterwards. Teoscar Hernandez’s two-run homer put the Dodgers ahead in the bottom of the third inning when the score was 1-1. Freeman then hit a back-to-back home run off Carlos Rodón, widening the gap. Dodgers’ mound led the game to two wins at home.
Freeman’s home run show continued in New York. In Game 3 and Game 1 held at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, Ohtani, the leadoff hitter, walked to get on base in the top of the first inning. After Betts was out after hitting a fly ball to the left field, Freeman came out to bat. He hit a 93.3 mile cutter on Clark Schmidt’s four pitches that flew high from 1B2S. The ball that flew towards the right fence did not return. After that, the Dodgers added two more runs and won the game 4-2.
It was his third consecutive home run in the World Series. According to MLB.com , Freeman became the third player in the history of the series to hit home runs in all three games after Hank Bauer of the Yankees in 1958 and Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants in 2002.
Freeman also led his team to victory by hitting home runs in Games 5 and 6 in the 2021 World Series when he played for the Atlanta Braves, where he now has five consecutive World Series home runs. He tied the World Series for most consecutive home runs with George Springer during his time with the Houston Astros.
“I can’t expect a better start in the three games. But I still have one more game to go,” Freeman said. “I think I can see the ball very well. As long as I don’t make any mistakes, I think I can continue. I just have to do it one more time.”
Freeman has four hits (three home runs), seven RBIs, three runs and a batting average of 0.333 OPS 1.635 in three World Series games. With one win left before the Dodgers win, if the Dodgers overpowered the Yankees and reached the top for the first time since 2020, Freeman is expected to receive the World Series MVP. 먹튀검증
