“I hope I can keep hitting home runs tomorrow (31st).”
Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Freddie Freeman has vowed to make history for the first time in the World Series. Freeman made history for the first time in the World Series by starting the third batter and first baseman in Game 4 against the New York Yankees of the “2024 Major League World Series” held at the Bronx Yankee Stadium in New York on the 30th (Korea time).
With one out in the top of the first inning, Mussie Betts got on base with a double on the right field line. Freeman hit a superior two-run shot to give him a 2-0 lead. With the ball count 2-1, he properly hit the fourth slider of the Yankees starting pitcher Lewis Hill. He had a flying distance of 343 feet (about 104.5 meters), a batting speed of 106.6 miles (about 171.5 kilometers), and a shooting angle of 23 degrees.
Freeman hit this home run in six consecutive World Series games. Freeman is the only hitter in the history of the World Series who has hit a home run in six consecutive games. Each home run hit also had a strong impact. In particular, Freeman’s walk-off grand slam at the bottom of the 10th inning of extra time, trailing 2-3 in the first game at Dodger Stadium on the 26th, remains.
He became the first hitter in the history of a single World Series to hit consecutive home runs from Game 1 to Game 4. Prior to Freeman, George Springer, who played for the Houston Astros in 2017, was the only hitter in the history of the World Series to hit home runs in four consecutive games. Springer had home runs in four consecutive games from Game 4 to Game 7, and Freeman was the only hitter who hit home runs in succession from Game 1 to Game 4 of the World Series.
He also set a new record in the history of the Dodgers. Freeman tied for first place with Duke Snyder (1952 and 1955) with four homers in the history of the Dodgers. He also has 10 RBIs in a single World Series, which is the highest by a team.
It would have been nice if the Dodgers had lifted the trophy with all four games thanks to Freeman’s home run, but the mound could not hold out as it was bullpen day. After giving up the come-from-behind grand slam to Yankees Anthony Volpey, it collapsed and suffered a 4-11 defeat, allowing a solo shot to Austin Wells and a three-run home run to Gleyber Torres. Although the internal injury was not big because it was one loss after three wins, the Dodgers’ momentum, which had been continuously overwhelming the Yankees since Game 1, was dampened.
If the Dodgers had won on this day, Freeman could have set the record of being the first homers in the history of the World Series in all games. Of course, if Freeman launches a home run in Game 5 and the Dodgers win and lift the trophy, this possibility remains open.
“I hope I can keep hitting home runs tomorrow,” Freeman said in an interview with local U.S. reporters after the game. “As my ankle got better, I was able to find a breakthrough when I was practicing swing, and now I can see the ball very well (from the batter’s box). And because Yankees pitchers were throwing real pitches, I was able to hit them well,” he said, expressing confidence in his batting.
Freeman has a batting average of 0.313, OPS of 1.541, and 10 RBIs in four World Series games. Considering that he had difficulty running properly in the early postseason due to an ankle injury that occurred in late September, Freeman has shown tremendous strength at bat. It is no exaggeration to say that Freeman is a superstar in Dodgers’ lineup now, rather than Shohei Ohtani. Freeman is mentioned as a likely candidate for MVP of the World Series.
Freeman joined the Dodgers in March 2022 when he signed a six-year free agent contract worth 162 million dollars. Freeman was the 2020 National League MVP and has been active as an MVP trio along with Betts and Ohtani. And on the World Series stage, he boasts the hottest hitting sense among the MVP trio and is poised to give the team the trophy. 안전놀이터
