Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers makes history with a thrilling grand slam, clinching Game 1 of the World Series.
With one powerful swing, Freddie Freeman ensured that this much-anticipated World Series would meet the hype.
Trailing 3-2 with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, Freeman launched the first pitch into the right-field grandstand at Dodger Stadium, igniting a crowd of over 50,000 as the Dodgers claimed Game 1 with a 6-3 victory. It marked the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history.
The moment paralleled one of baseball’s most iconic hits—Kirk Gibson’s walk-off homer in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series at the same ballpark. Remarkably, Freeman, like Gibson, was playing through a leg injury and sent the ball into the same grandstand where Gibson’s legendary homer landed 36 years prior.
