WS The best scene has changed! Scary 36-year-old Dejavu, walk-off grand slam Freeman"This is my father's moment"
Oct 26, 2024
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The Los Angeles Dodgers won a dramatic come-from-behind victory in the first 'Dream Match' in 43 years.
The Dodgers won Game 1 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium on the 26th (Korea time) thanks to Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning.
The Dodgers took a chance with one out and runners on first and second bases with Gavin Lux's walk and Tommy Edman's infield hit in the 10th inning, trailing 2-3. Shohei Ohtani then stepped down with a foul fly to left field by the changed pitcher left-hander Nestor Cortes. It was an incredible defense in which Yankees left fielder Alex Verdugo ran to the foul area, caught a foul, and fell backwards over the fence into the stands.
The runners are on second and third bases with two outs on the base. Here, Yankees manager Aaron Boone filtered Mookie Betts into four pitches in the usual way and loaded the bases.
But I never imagined Freeman's bat would explode like that. Freeman kicked Cortes' 92.5-mile first-pitch low fastball into a grand slam that went well over the right fence.
The Dodger Stadium was already in a frenzy as soon as it was hit with a launch angle of 30 degrees and a batting speed of 109.2 miles. The ball fell 423 feet between fans in the right fence's outfield seats. It was Freeman's first home run of the postseason. Above all, he engraved the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history at Dodger Stadium.
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What is strikingly similar is that both Gibson and Freeman were injured ahead of the World Series. At the time, Gibson limped around the base after hitting a walk-off home run. My left hamstring and right knee were in trouble during the postseason.
Freeman hit a ground ball at the end of this regular season and sprinted to first base, sprained his right ankle, and still has pain. The best scene in the history of the World Series has changed from Gibson's walk-off home run to Freeman's walk-off grand slam.
The next scene was also impressive. Freeman, who hit a home run, shouted at his father in the infield stand. He "I just screamed because I saw my father's face. I'm sorry, Dad. "My dad's been there since I was a kid. He threw me a batting ball every day. This moment is my father's moment,' he said.
In the best-of-seven postseason series in history, the team that won the first game won the series 125 times out of 193 times, with a 64.8% probability. In addition, the team that won Game 1 home games in the postseason series in the 2-3-2 format took the series with 68 out of 101, or 67.3%. The Dodgers' historical probability of winning the World Series is about 65%.
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Betts then hit a deep sacrifice fly behind center field to bring in Ohtani, tying the game 2-2. It is safe to say that Ohtani's cheerful double stimulated the sinking Dodgers bench. Although he only had one hit in five at-bats, the double in the eighth inning was a game-changer that changed the atmosphere at the end of the game, which was heavily defeated.
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