LA Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman (35) eventually missed Game 6 of the National League Championship Series due to injury, but the Dodgers succeeded in advancing to the World Series.
The Dodgers won 10-5 against the New York Mets in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on the 21st (Korea time). The Dodgers, who won four games and lost two in the series, have succeeded in advancing to the World Series for the first time in four years since winning the World Series in 2020.
Freeman, who struggled due to injury throughout the postseason, was excluded from the starting lineup of the game on the day. The Dodgers’ starting lineup consists of Shohei Ohtani (designated hitter), Mookie Betts (right fielder), Teosca Hernandez (left fielder), Tommy Edman (striker), Max Muncy (first baseman), Enrique Hernandez (third baseman), Andy Farggs (midfielder), Will Smith (catcher), and Chris Taylor (second baseman).
Freeman is one of the league’s leading first basemen with a batting average of .300 (2,267 hits in 7558 at-bats) in 2,032 games in the Major League (3,514 at-bats), 343 home runs, 1232 RBIs, 1298 runs, 98 steals, and OPS.899 in 60 games in 2020 with a batting average of .341 (73 hits in 214 at-bats), 13 home runs, 53 RBIs, 51 runs, two steals, OPS 1.102 and came to the Dodgers by signing a six-year, $162 million (about 223.1 billion won) contract in 2022. This season, he recorded a batting average of .282 (53 hits in 542 at-bats), 22 home runs, 89 RBIs, 81 runs and nine steals OPS.854 in 147 games.
Freeman, who suffered an ankle injury at the end of the season, ended the season early for the postseason and focused on his recovery. There were concerns that it might be difficult to meet the postseason schedule, but Freeman returned to the team in time for the National League Division Series against San Diego.
However, he did not perform as well as expected due to injury. Freeman only posted a batting average of 286 (four hits in 14 at-bats) and an OPS of .572 in four games in the Division Series, while he also had a poor performance in the League Championship Series with a batting average of 167, three hits in 18 at-bats, and an RBI, one run and an OPS of .378 in four games. Consequently, Freeman failed to play in Game 6. He posted a batting average of 219 (seven hits in 32 at-bats) and an OPS of .461 in eight games. 토토사이트
“Freeman, the star first baseman of the Dodgers who suffered a right ankle injury, continued to struggle at bat in the National League Championship Series. As a result, the Dodgers changed its plan. Freeman has been receiving treatment for several hours a day since suffering an ankle injury on Sept. 27. He is recovering from the injury, but the pain has not significantly improved,” explained MLB.com .
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, who decided to keep Freeman out of the starting lineup, said, “I thought it was best for him to finally give him another day off. He practiced batting yesterday and it was fine. But I felt like it wasn’t him. So we decided it would be helpful to give him another day off.”
Freeman, who had said for quite some time that his hitting mechanism felt bad, said, “It’s hard to say what caused it. It feels like I’m running in the 100m hurdles and I’m just constantly hitting it. That’s how it feels and I’m doing the best I can.”
The Dodgers, which succeeded in advancing to the World Series despite Freeman’s absence, will face the Yankees in the World Series from the 26th. It is the first time in 43 years that the Dodgers and Yankees have met in the World Series since 1981. In the 1981 World Series, the Dodgers won the title with 4 wins and 2 losses.
