Freddie Freeman's insane Dodgers hot streak silences Yankee Stadium in 1st inning

All eyes were on Shohei Ohtani in the top of the first inning of Game 3 of the World Series. Ohtani had dislocated his shoulder in the seventh inning of Game 2 on Saturday as he attempted to steal second base. But there was no way Ohtani was going to sit out for a single game of the Fall Classic, so he was in his usual spot at leadoff going into Monday.

Luckily, Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt made things really easy for him during his first at-bat. Schmidt threw four straight balls that Ohtani barely even flinched at, and he took first base with no outs.

Mookie Betts flew out after a seven-pitch battle, and then Freddie Freeman, who's making his case for World Series MVP abundantly clear if the Dodgers get this thing done, stepped up to the plate.

Schmidt's fourth pitch, a cutter up and in (just a couple inches higher than the ball Freeman hit for his walk-off grand slam in Game 1), never had a chance. Freeman clobbered it, sending it to left field to score himself and Ohtani, putting the Dodgers up 2-0 immediately.

Freddie Freeman continues completely dominant World Series run with two-run homer to open Game 3

That was Freeman's third homer in just as many nights against the Yankees — there was the grand slam, of course, and there was the decisive solo shot in Game 2 to go back-to-back with Teoscar Hernández in the bottom of the third, before Dodgers pitching completely stifled Yankees hitters. Freeman has now homered in five straight World Series games dating back to 2021.

We're knocking on wood, trust us, but if the Dodgers get through these nine innings with their third win of the series, then MLB should already be engraving Freeman's name onto that World Series MVP trophy.

Lest we forget, he's still playing through a rolled ankle from the last few days of the regular season, but that hasn't even seemed to matter, because his one other hit of this series was a triple that he legged out when a ball got away from Alex Verdugo in Game 1. This guy's completely unstoppable right now and might be the reason the Dodgers hoist the Commissioner's Trophy.