Running on empty, Freeman digs deep for 4 hits

NEW YORK — There will be stories for Freddie Freeman to tell his son someday.

Yeah, kid, you cried so much you kept dad up all night. And I still got on a plane, showed up at Citi Field and got four hits.

“Hopefully, I have some other cool games I can tell him about,” Freeman said late Monday night, enjoying the Braves’ 7-3 win over the Mets but realizing that what he really needed was a good night’s sleep.

Or maybe he didn’t need it.

Freeman had barely slept since Sept. 14, the day his wife Chelsea went into labor before delivering Frederick Charles Freeman II, the couple’s first child. He’d slept maybe 8-10 hours total, he guessed, but he kept hitting as if he was wide awake.

The 4-for-5 night moved Freeman to 7-for-12 since Frederick was born and raised his average over .300 (to .302) for the first time since Opening Day. It’s been a long climb since Freeman was hitting .163 15 games into the season, but it’s easy to climb when you get hits every night.

Freeman has done just that, with a hitting streak that now sits at 23 games and an on-base streak that has reached 39 games.

Not that either one of those streaks has Freeman concerned.

“I’ve got a kid and a wife,” Freeman said. …

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