Freddie Freeman hit the primary game-ending grand slam in World Sequence historical past with two outs within the tenth inning, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in a dramatic opener Friday evening
LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman hit the primary game-ending grand slam in World Sequence historical past with two outs within the tenth inning to present the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in a dramatic opener Friday evening.
Hobbled by a badly sprained ankle, Freeman homered on the primary pitch he noticed — an inside fastball from Nestor Cortes — and raised his bat excessive earlier than starting his trot because the sellout crowd of 52,394 roared.
It was paying homage to Kirk Gibson’s game-ending homer that lifted Los Angeles over the Oakland Athletics in Recreation 1 of the 1988 World Sequence at Dodger Stadium — probably the most well-known swings in baseball lore.
Gibson, sidelined by leg accidents, got here off the bench and related off Corridor of Fame nearer Dennis Eckersley.
Freeman, who missed three video games in the course of the Nationwide League playoffs due to the damage to his proper ankle, did not have an extra-base hit this postseason till legging out a triple earlier on Friday.
On this much-hyped, star-studded World Sequence between two of baseball’s most storied and profitable franchises, Recreation 1 definitely delivered.
It was the third straight Sequence opener to go additional innings.
Within the prime of the tenth, Anthony Volpe grounded right into a fielder’s option to shortstop, scoring Jazz Chisholm Jr. from third after he stole two bases, to present the Yankees a 3-2 lead.
The speedy Chisholm singled off Blake Treinen after which stole second and third for a Yankees group not recognized for pace.
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