NEW YORK — Freddie Freeman never stops hitting World Series home runs. And with his first-inning home run in Game 4 on Tuesday night, he instantly entered the record books.
Freeman became the first player in history to hit a home run in six consecutive World Series games, dating back to the 2021 Fall Classic trip with Atlanta. He hit a home run in every game of the 2024 World Series, including a walk-off grand slam in Game 1, including the potentially series-clinching game.
“We’re going to look back on it tomorrow when we’re done with this,” Freeman said. “But it’s obviously pretty cool.”
If Los Angeles had won Tuesday night, Freeman would have become the first player to hit a home run in every World Series game. Hey, he can still do it.
“Hopefully we can continue that tomorrow,” he said.
Houston’s George Springer is the only player to homer in four consecutive World Series games, doing so in Games 4-7 in 2017, but he homered in the first four games of the Fall Classic. Freeman is the first to do so.
In each of the past two games, he has taken the lead with a two-run home run in the top of the first inning. On Tuesday, after Mookie Betts hit a double to the right field corner with one out, Yankees starting pitcher Lewis Gil hit a slider to the outside corner. Freeman hit the ball into the right field seats at Yankee Stadium.
“I got a hint when my ankle felt better and I was able to work on my swing. I was actually seeing the ball well and they were making mistakes, so I was able to hit it. ” Freeman said.
Freeman is currently batting .313 through four games in this World Series with an impressive OPS of 1.541. His 10 RBIs in the Series set a franchise record, passing Duke Snyder (1952) and Gil Hodges (’56), who each had eight RBIs.
But Freeman said he has felt better since the World Series started, especially after the Dodgers took four days off after defeating the Mets in the National League Championship Series. He also hit an RBI forceout to avoid a potential double play, briefly cutting the Dodgers’ lead to 5-4 in the fifth inning.
Afterward, a reporter said Freeman was playing the game “fast” and he burst out laughing.
“This is the first time I’ve heard the word ‘fast’ in a sentence in a long time,” Freeman said.
Despite Tuesday’s loss, Freeman remains the clear favorite to win World Series MVP, and if he can become the first player in history to hit a home run in five consecutive games in the Fall Classic, he could make that claim. will definitely solidify.
Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy said, “For a guy like Freddie, who doesn’t need anything more to solidify his legend, this was a pretty special performance.”
