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Freddie Freeman's Walk-Off Grand Slam Joined Toronto Blue Jays Legend in Baseball History

The Dodgers are out to a 1-0 series lead in the World Series as Freddie Freeman played the hero.

Brady Farkas

Fox Sports field reporter Ken Rosenthal interviews Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) after the win against the New York Yankees during game one of the 2024 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium on Oct 25.
Fox Sports field reporter Ken Rosenthal interviews Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) after the win against the New York Yankees during game one of the 2024 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium on Oct 25. / Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images
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The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees 6-3 on Friday night in Game 1 of the World Series. With the win, the Dodgers are three wins away from their first World Series title since 2020. The Yankees are three losses away from seeing their season come to an end.

Freddie Freeman was the hero in Game 1, blasting a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the tenth inning. The Dodgers had been trailing 3-2 until Freeman's heroics.

Freeman's home run made all kinds of history, and it also linked Freeman with former Toronto Blue Jays star Joe Carter in the record books. According to @JayCuda, there have now been three walk-off home runs in World Series history when a team has been trailing: Freeman's blast on Friday, Carter's walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series for Toronto and Kirk Gibson's blast off Dennis Eckersley in the 1988 World Series.

That Carter blast in 1993 came off Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Mitch Gibson. Ironically enough, the anniversary of that home run was just the other day. The Jays won that game 8-6 and that gave them the series win 4-2.

Carter had two home runs and eight RBI in that series to help lead the Blue Jays offense. Roberto Alomar hit a whopping .480 with six RBI as well, while catcher Pat Borders hit .304. Hall of Famer Paul Molitor hit .500 (12-for-24) to win the World Series MVP.

That was the Blue Jays second consecutive World Series title after they also won in 1992. They haven't won a title since.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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