Freddie Freeman is doing the whole lot he can to play via his ankle damage. If this was the common season, he could be on the injured checklist for no less than a month.
However, that is the postseason and the ache grew to become unbarable on Sunday night time in a 10-2 loss to the San Diego Padres in Sport 2 of the NLDS that he needed to take away himself from the sport within the sixth inning.
His standing for Sport 3 on Tuesday is to be decided however supervisor Dave Roberts did give a quick replace throughout his postgame press convention.
“I acquired phrase in the course of the sport that his ankle was actually bothering him,” Roberts stated. “He was down, actually down, and simply couldn’t maintain going.
“We had no different alternative. He’s doing the whole lot he can. I don’t know what his standing will probably be like for Sport 3. However for tonight, we had no different choice.”
Freeman didn’t deal with the media after the loss.
After spraining his ankle throughout the ’ NL West-clinching sport in opposition to the Padres on Sept. 26, Freeman missed the ultimate three regular-season video games. Nevertheless, he returned to motion simply over every week later.
There have been issues about Freeman’s availability for Sport 1 of the NLDS, as he was nonetheless coping with some ankle soreness. Regardless of that, he managed to finish his pregame routine and, with the assistance of treatment, performed the complete 9 innings. Freeman went 2-for-5 within the collection opener and even stole a base throughout the ’ 7-5 victory.
Earlier than Sport 2, Roberts talked about that it was a “a lot simpler” choice to incorporate Freeman within the lineup, regardless that Freeman wasn’t feeling considerably higher than the day before today. Nevertheless, he understood the way to handle the damage throughout a sport.
Freeman had an incredible Sport 1 and the had been hoping he would carry that over into Sport 2 however sadly that didn’t occur.
Freeman began at first base however went hitless in two at-bats in opposition to Padres pitcher Yu Darvish.
Roberts must monitor Freeman each day shifting ahead.
“It’s not very best,” Roberts stated. “It’s of concern. It’s everyday and there’s nothing we are able to do about it. We now have a exercise tomorrow night after which we’ll simply type of see the place he’s at with remedy. After which, as soon as we get to Tuesday, we’ll see how he feels, after which we’ll do the identical factor for Sport 4. Once more, it’s not very best. However I believe that is what we’ll need to be coping with for the period.”
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