Freeman hits 1st game-ending slam in World Series history as Dodgers top Yankees 6-3

Freddie Freeman hit the first game-ending grand slam in World Series history with two outs in the 10th inning, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in a dramatic opener Friday night

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LOS ANGELES -- Freddie Freeman hit the first game-ending grand slam in World Series history with two outs in the 10th inning, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in a dramatic opener Friday night. Hobbled by a badly sprained ankle, Freeman homered on the first pitch he saw — an inside fastball from Nestor Cortes — and then dropped his bat before beginning a trot while greeted with a roar from the sellout crowd of 52,394. In the top of the 10th, Anthony Volpe grounded into a fielder's choice to shortstop, scoring Jazz Chisholm Jr.

from third after he stole two bases, to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead. It was the third straight World Series opener to go extra innings. The speedy Chisholm singled off Blake Treinen and then stole second and third for a Yankees team not known for speed.



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