Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam provides Dodgers Sport 1 World Collection win vs. Yankees

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam within the tenth inning on of Sport 1 of the World Collection on Friday to offer his group a 1-0 collection lead over the the New York Yankees. 

Freeman got here to the plate after Mookie Betts was deliberately walked to load the bases. And towards Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes, who hadn’t pitched in weeks, Freeman cranked the primary pitch he noticed into deep proper subject to win the sport. 

It marked a climactic ending to some of the highly-anticipated MLB video games lately. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman, heart, left, celebrates at house plate after hitting a game-winning grand slam towards the New York Yankees through the tenth inning in Sport 1 of the baseball World Collection, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Los Angeles.  (AP Picture/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Each starters, Gerrit Cole of the Yankees and Jack Flaherty of the Dodgers, pitched 4 scoreless innings to begin the sport. Flaherty placed on some baserunners, and Cole had so deep fly balls to the monitor, however it was all zeroes by way of the primary 4 frames. 

Cole was the primary to crack, giving up an RBI on a sac fly to Dodgers catcher Will Smith, who scored Kike Hernandez to place LA up 1-0 within the backside of the fifth. 

Then got here Giancarlo Stanton. The Yankees veteran slugger, who has taken the lead in MLB’s all-time record of most house runs per at-bat this postseason, hit his fifth homer of the playoffs. A towering two-run shot that arched majestically into left subject put New York up 2-1 within the sixth. 

New York Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton celebrates his two-run house run towards the Los Angeles Dodgers through the sixth inning in Sport 1 of the baseball World Collection, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Picture/Ashley Landis)

From there, each group’s bullpens saved the bats at bay till Shohei Ohtani got here up with a booming one-out double within the eighth inning. Then he snuck over to 3rd base when the throw again in acquired away from the Yankees infielders. 

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So, the Yankees turned to their de-facto nearer Luke Weaver to return in for a possible five-out save. Weaver, a 31-year-old journeyman who was unexpectedly thrust into New York’s nearer position forward of the playoffs, grew to become considered one of MLB’s greatest tales of the postseason, recording 4 of 5 saves and pitching two innings for the win in Sport 5 of the ALCS to ship the Yankees to the World Collection. 

However with Ohtani already at third, Weaver gave up a fly ball to Mookie Betts, permitting Ohtani to attain and tie the sport at two. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers’ Kiké Hernández (8) celebrates within the dugout after scoring towards the New York Yankees through the fifth inning in Sport 1 of the baseball World Collection, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Los Angeles.  (AP Picture/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Within the prime of the ninth, a fan caught a Gleyber Torres fly ball to left heart, to place Torres at second base on fan interference. Then Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts opted to deliberately stroll Juan Soto to convey Aaron Choose to the plate with two on and two out. 

And Choose, who has struggled within the playoffs to this point, got here up empty in what was arguably the most important at-bat of his profession to that time, with a routine pop-up. 

Then, Weaver got here again on for the Yankees within the ninth and completed off a 1-2-3 inning to ship the sport to extras.

Jazz Chisholm acquired on base, stole second, stole third, then got here house on an Anthony Volpe floor ball to offer the Yankees a 3-2 lead. 

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Then got here the underside of the tenth and Freeman’s house run.

It was the primary World Collection recreation between the storied franchises since Oct. 28, 1981, when the Dodgers gained 9-2 to clinch the collection at Yankee Stadium. It was the primary postseason recreation between them in Los Angeles October 25 of that 12 months, when the Dodgers gained 2-1, which shifted the momentum of that collection.

The 2 groups will meet once more at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night time for Sport 2. The sport could be seen on FOX.

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