Freeman’s textbook AB ends in three-run homer

SAN DIEGO — Over the previous two seasons, Freddie Freeman has amazed his Dodgers teammates and coaches for his next-level method on the plate. 

Freeman, as soon as once more, confirmed why he’s among the finest gamers within the Majors, ending off a 10-pitch at-bat with a three-run homer to steer the Dodgers to an 8-2 victory over the Padres on Sunday at Petco Park. The 10 pitches had been essentially the most Freeman has seen in his profession in an at-bat that ended with a house run.

Padres left-hander Rich Hill began the second-inning at-bat with a pair of offspeed pitches that acquired Freeman in an early 0-2 gap. Two of the subsequent three pitches had been balls to even the depend, which allowed the Dodgers’ first baseman to be slightly extra selective.

Freeman then confirmed his plate protection, fouling off a four-seamer, a sinker and a sweeper in consecutive pitches. On the ninth pitch of the at-bat, Hill went to a different sweeper that flirted with the zone however landed for a ball. It was a pitch most hitters within the league would’ve swung at with two strikes, however Freeman wouldn’t chew.

Hill then tried to double up on the sweeper, this time touchdown one within the inner-half of the zone, permitting Freeman to activate it and shoot it into the right-field stands for a three-run homer to provide the Dodgers a six-run lead.