Freddie Freeman’s Hollywood Ending: Dodgers Top Yankees in World Series Opener

LOS ANGELES (AP)– Freddie Freeman struck the very first game-ending grand slam in World Series history with 2 outs in the 10th inning to offer the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-3 success over the New york city Yankees in a remarkable opener Friday night.

Hobbled by a terribly sprained ankle, Freeman homered on the very first pitch he saw– a within fastball from Nestor Cortes– and raised his bat high before starting his trot as the sellout crowd of 52,394 roared.

It was similar to Kirk Gibson’s game-ending homer that raised Los Angeles over the Oakland Sports in Video Game 1 of the 1988 World Series at Dodger Arena– among the most well-known swings in baseball tradition.

Gibson, sidelined by leg injuries, came off the bench and linked off Hall of Popularity closer Dennis Eckersley.

Freeman, who missed out on 3 video games throughout the National League playoffs due to the fact that of the injury to his ideal ankle, didn’t have an extra-base hit this postseason till legging out a triple previously on Friday.

In this much-hyped, star-studded World Series in between 2 of baseball’s most storied and effective franchises, Video game 1 definitely provided.

It was the 3rd straight Series opener to go additional innings.

In the top of the 10th, Anthony Volpe grounded into a fielder’s option to shortstop, scoring Jazz Chisholm Jr. from 3rd after he took 2 bases, to offer the Yankees a 3-2 lead.

The quick Chisholm singled off Blake Treinen and after that took 2nd and 3rd for a Yankees group not understood for speed.