The Los Angeles Dodgers will go with Jack Flaherty for Game 1 of the World Series, pitting him against New York Yankees ace and fellow Southern California product Gerrit Cole at Dodger Stadium on Friday night.
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, who has spent all month playing through a sprained right ankle, said he expected to be in the lineup.
"I don't think there's any question on anybody's mind that I won't be in the lineup for Game 1," Freeman said on a videoconference with reporters Tuesday.
Freeman played through noticeable pain when the National League Championship Series shifted to New York for Games 3, 4 and 5 and has produced only one hit in his past 15 postseason at-bats.
When the Dodgers returned home Saturday, Freeman basically knew he'd be sitting out the team's eventual, pennant-clinching victory over the New York Mets in Game 6. And by the time the World Series begins, Freeman will have had basically six days to rest his ankle.
Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, who has spent all month playing through a sprained right ankle, said he expected to be in the lineup.
"I don't think there's any question on anybody's mind that I won't be in the lineup for Game 1," Freeman said on a videoconference with reporters Tuesday.
Freeman played through noticeable pain when the National League Championship Series shifted to New York for Games 3, 4 and 5 and has produced only one hit in his past 15 postseason at-bats.
When the Dodgers returned home Saturday, Freeman basically knew he'd be sitting out the team's eventual, pennant-clinching victory over the New York Mets in Game 6. And by the time the World Series begins, Freeman will have had basically six days to rest his ankle.
