Freddie Freeman hits HR in record sixth-straight World Series game

However the 2024 World Series works out, Freddie Freeman’s performance will be remembered for a while.

The Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman made history in Game 4 on Tuesday with a two-run homer off New York Yankees rookie Luis Gil, putting the Dodgers up 2-0 in an elimination game. It was not the longest homer at 343 feet, but Yankee Stadium will help many left-handed power bats.

The history Freeman made is two-fold. He is the first player to ever homer in the first four World Series games, having been previously tied for the record with Barry Bonds and Hank Bauer. He has also now homered in six straight World Series games, having gone deep in the last two contests of the Atlanta Braves’ win in 2021.

Freeman has been among the top hitters in MLB for years, but has reached another level in the fall classic. He also entered this series with no shortage of difficulty, having sprained his ankle near the end of the regular season.

Freeman didn’t post a single extra-base hit in the NLDS and NLCS, and missed some games to help his ankle heal, but he now has four homers, plus a triple, in the games that matter most.