Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman became the first player in MLB history to hit a home run in six straight World Series games when he cranked one out of Yankee Stadium in Game 4 on Tuesday.
The hit, which gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the first inning, was Freeman’s fourth of the 2024 World Series. His previous two World Series home runs in the streak came in Games 5 and 6 of the 2021 Fall Classic while he was with the Atlanta Braves.
HISTORY FOR FREDDIE FREEMAN!
He’s the first player in MLB history with six consecutive #WorldSeries games with a home run.
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— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) October 30, 2024
In Game 1 between New York and Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium, Freeman called the game with a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th — the first in World Series history. With two outs in the bottom of the inning, Freeman, who was slowed all month by an ankle injury, lifted the Dodgers to a 6-3 victory.
IT’S GONE
IT’S GONE
IT’S GONE
IT’S GONE
FREDDIE FREEMAN #WALKOFF GRAND SLAM pic.twitter.com/LlVU1ZGyGx— MLB (@MLB) October 26, 2024
Game 2 proved to be a home run fest, with all the early runs scored in the same fashion. The Yankees’ Juan Soto hit one off Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Dodgers’ Tommy Edman, Teoscar Hernández and Freeman each got one off Carlos Rodón.
Freeman then sent a homer flying to give the Dodgers another 2-0 lead to start Game 3 in New York. After taking the commanding 3-0 series lead on Monday, Freeman was told he had tied George Springer’s World Series record by homering in five consecutive games. “Let’s hopefully make it six,” Freeman said.
A day later, he did just that.
FREDDIE FREEMAN.
AGAIN.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?! #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/8fnqpcSrjp— MLB (@MLB) October 29, 2024
No player has ever hit a home run in every game of a World Series, and only Springer has also done so in four straight games in the same series.
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