Freddie Freeman staring at World Series MVP with historic dominance

Neither nan Dodgers nor Freddie Freeman has near overmuch uncertainty successful this Fall Classic. 

The squad is connected nan cusp of winning nan World Series aft Monday night’s 4-2 triumph complete nan Yankees successful Game 3 and Freeman is staring astatine MVP honors. 

Freeman homered successful a 3rd consecutive game, starring nan Dodgers violative attack.

Overall, it was his 5th consecutive World Series crippled pinch a homer (dating to 2021 pinch nan Braves), tying a grounds established by George Springer pinch nan Astros (2017 and ’19).

And Freeman became nan first subordinate since Barry Bonds successful 2002 to homer successful nan first 3 games of a World Series. 

Freeman, who sprained his correct ankle trying to debar a tag astatine first guidelines connected Sept. 26, had a 17-game homerless drought earlier this bid began. 

“Those days disconnected [last week] were immense for me,” Freeman said, referring to nan five-day spread betwixt nan NLCS and World Series. “I sewage my ankle successful a spot wherever each azygous crippled afterwards it’s not arsenic bad arsenic it was. … So I conjecture days disconnected erstwhile you’re injured benignant of help. I sewage my ankle to a spot wherever I could activity connected my plaything and I sewage it into a bully spot going successful this series.” 

After Shohei Ohtani walked starring disconnected nan crippled and Mookie Betts was retired, Freeman fell down successful nan count 1-2 to Clarke Schmidt earlier smashing a cutter into nan right-field seats. 

Freeman’s signature infinitesimal successful nan bid came successful Game 1 connected Friday, erstwhile he launched a walk-off expansive slam successful nan 10th inning against Nestor Cortes.

Freeman, playing connected nan gimpy ankle, evoked memories of Kirk Gibson’s occurrence homer to descend nan A’s successful Game 1 of nan 1988 World Series.

Freeman returned successful Game 2 to homer against Carlos Rodon successful nan 4th inning. 

The Dodgers weren’t each Freeman connected this night, but his homer put nan squad connected nan correct track.

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In nan 3rd inning, Tommy Edman drew a leadoff locomotion against Schmidt and Betts delivered an RBI azygous that placed nan Yankees successful a 3-0 hole.

In nan sixth, Gavin Lux was plunked and stole 2nd earlier Kiké Hernandez’s RBI azygous gave nan Dodgers a four-run cushion. 

“We cognize what’s astatine liking [Tuesday],” Freeman said. “We person sewage a chance to beryllium champions and we cognize their guys, they person sewage thing to suffer and they are going to do everything they can.” 

Freeman’s outburst complete nan past 3 games almost ensures nan Dodgers will person nan National League MVP (Ohtani) and World Series MVP (Freeman). 

But Freeman is much focused connected nan World Series trophy. 

“I really conscionable want to hoist that trophy,” he said. “I don’t attraction really that happens. I don’t attraction if I spell 0-for-the-next-70 pinch 70 strikeouts, arsenic agelong arsenic we win, that is each I attraction about.”