Freeman connects AGAIN, tying two World Series records

Freeman launched a solo home run in Game 2 as well, then in the first inning of Game 3 at Yankee Stadium, he launched a two-run blast into the right-field seats, giving the Dodgers an early 2-0 lead.

In the process, Freeman became only the third player in World Series history to homer in each of the first three games of the series — joining Hank Bauer in 1958 and Barry Bonds in 2002.

Dating back to his time in Atlanta, Freeman has now gone deep in five straight World Series games, tying George Springer for the all-time record.

After Shohei Ohtani’s leadoff walk, Yankees right-hander Clarke Schmidt left a belt-high cutter over the inner third, and Freeman turned on it, sending it a Statcast-projected 355 feet into the right-field seats.

It’s been quite a World Series for Freeman, who in Game 1 became the first player in Fall Classic history to hit a walk-off grand slam. He did so while playing on a severely sprained right ankle, which called back images of Kirk Gibson’s walk-off home run for the Dodgers in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series. (Only Freeman, Gibson and Toronto’s Joe Carter have ever hit a walk-off home run with their team trailing in the game at the time.)

That was, rather famously, Gibson’s only at-bat of the series as he dealt with injuries. Freeman, on the other hand, might just be headed for a World Series MVP, bad ankle and all.