Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman records 2,000th career hit with double in loss to Astros

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman acquired his 2,000th hit, reaching the milestone with a double within the eighth inning of a 6-5 loss to the Houston Astros in 11 innings Sunday evening,

With a large household contingent in attendance, Freeman’s sharp line drive to proper discipline was his second double of the sport and drove in Mookie Betts, making him the 295th participant in main league historical past to achieve the mark.

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“It’s particular,” Freeman mentioned. “I appear to get these milestones in losses. … However, no, simply seeing how completely satisfied my dad, my stepmom, my spouse, my children have been for me, it simply makes it particular. And clearly the followers have embraced my household and I because the day we acquired right here, so that they made one other particular reminiscence for the Freeman household once more. Dodger followers often by no means disappoint, so one other special occasion. One I’ll always remember. Took lengthy sufficient, however I’m glad it occurred at dwelling.”

Freeman picked up his three hundredth dwelling run earlier this season in a 16-8 loss at St. Louis on Might 18th. Combining the 2 feats, he’s the 98th participant with 2,000 hits and 300 homers.

“There’s what, 16,000, 17,000 folks to play this sport, and to be below 100 (to do one thing), it’s laborious for me to have the ability to put it into phrases,” he mentioned. “However once you do stuff like this, it’s simply all of the laborious work that I take into consideration with my dad again within the day, all of the batting follow he’s thrown. It’s not simply me. It’s him. It’s all of the sacrifice he’s made, my household’s made, and it’s simply particular to realize a few of these issues.”

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Freddie Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates a two run homerun from Will Smith #16, to tie the sport 4-4 in entrance of Martin Maldonado #15 of the Houston Astros in the course of the eighth inning at Dodger Stadium on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Harry How/Getty Pictures)

Freeman performed in his 1,801 sport, turning into the seventh participant to achieve 2,000 hits as a member of the Dodgers. Along with 306 homers, he has 441 profession doubles, together with a league-leading 27 this season.

Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts felt Freeman had been urgent to achieve the milestone at dwelling as he went hitless in seven at-bats by way of the primary two video games of the weekend sequence.

“I’ve been grinding fairly a bit this entire month, and I simply haven’t felt good,” Freeman mentioned. “Sadly, that’s baseball. It’s simply sort of how the ebb and flows of a season go.”

After getting a double within the sixth inning, Freeman knew he was again on monitor.

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Freddie Freeman #5 of the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrates his 2000th hit, a double to attain Mookie Betts #50 to path 4-2 to the Houston Astros, in the course of the eighth inning at Dodger Stadium on June 25, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Harry How/Getty Pictures)

“I lastly felt it on that one,” he mentioned. “In fact that’s often the way it occurs, one other one comes subsequent at-bat.”

Freeman, 33, spent his first 12 seasons with Atlanta after the Braves chosen him within the second spherical of the 2007 draft. He had 1,704 hits in 1,565 video games for the Braves earlier than the Orange County native joined the Dodgers as a free agent earlier than the 2022 season.

“Hits imply so much to me,” he mentioned. “Everybody views success in a different way of their careers and the way they go about it, however hits and common, that’s what I care about. If I’ve a whole lot of hits and I’ve a superb common, meaning I’m getting on base so much for me group and we’re in a position to rating a whole lot of runs.”