Freeman’s hit streak snapped at 30 games

ATLANTA — Over the course of the past week, Freddie Freeman has said that all streaks eventually come to an end. But, it’s safe to say he was hoping his streak would have lasted at least a few more days to provide him some material to use during his trash-talking exchanges with good friend Dan Uggla.

Freeman’s Major League-best 30-game hitting streak and 46-game on-base streak were both snapped during Thursday night’s 5-2 win over the Phillies at Turner Field. The Braves’ first baseman’s 0-for-4 performance left him three games shy of matching Uggla’s 33-game hit streak, which set an Atlanta record in 2011.

“It would have been nice,” Freeman said. “He texted me [when he was at Wednesday’s game]. It was a good little thing going on. Obviously, he’s got the record for Atlanta, so, we’ll let him have that.”

Freeman will have plenty of more opportunities to better what was the big leagues’ longest streak this year and make another run at Uggla. But when he walks away from this season, the streak will simply serve as one of the many fond memories he has created while batting .345 …

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