Freddie Freeman and the Los Angeles Dodgers were licking their chops when the news landed that their chief rival, the San Diego Padres, had traded for Nestor Cortes at the deadline. In the NL West showdown between these two heavyweights on Saturday, Freeman was hoping to repeat history with the Dodgers badly needing to take care of business and put some breathing room between themselves and San Diego.
Freeman must have been feeling some serious Deja vu when he stepped in the box to lead off the second inning against Cortes. Just like in Game 1 of the World Series,the lefty hurler grooved a pitch middle-in to the dangerous Freeman, who.