Freddie Freeman hits a home run in his sixth consecutive World Series game

NEW YORK – He did it again.

Freddie Freeman just won't stop hitting home runs in the World Series. And his first-inning home run in Game 4 on Tuesday night put him straight into the record books.

Freeman became the first player in history to hit a home run in six consecutive World Series games since his trip to the Fall Classic with Atlanta in 2021. He hit a home run in every game of the '24 World Series – including of a potentially series-defining walk-off grand slam in Game 1.

Freeman's shot Tuesday night gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead early in the first inning. No player has ever hit a home run in every game of a World Series – a feat that's entirely possible given that LA entered Tuesday's game with a 3-0 series lead.

Only Houston's George Springer had hit in four straight games in a single World Series, having done so in Games 4 through 7 in 2017.

“I think I see the ball really well,” Freeman said after his home run Monday night. “Obviously no mistakes were missed.”

The trend continued in Game 4. After Mookie Betts hit a one-out double into the right field corner, Yankees starter Luis Gil placed a slider in the outer half. Freeman fired it into the right field seats at Yankee Stadium.

With the home run, Freeman is now hitting .385 with an absurd OPS of 1.891 through four games in this World Series. His nine RBIs in the Series set a franchise record – passing Duke Snider (1952) and Gil Hodges ('56), who each had eight.

“Of course we all know what a great player Freddie Freeman is,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after Game 3. “He's coming off swings like you normally see from Freddie, where that might not have happened in previous rounds with the injury.”

Unlike Gibson, who famously recorded only a single hit during the 1988 Fall Classic season, Freeman continued to play and didn't stop hitting. He appears to be on track to take home the World Series MVP award.

“For a guy like Freddie, who doesn’t really need anything else to cement his legacy,” Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy said, “this was a pretty special run.”