Freeman, Braves hope walk-off HR is spark

ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman’s latest walk-off home run will not prove to be as memorable as his first, which clinched a spot for the Braves in the 2012 postseason. But given all of the frustration he and his Atlanta teammates have endured this year, it at least provided some much-welcome relief.

Freeman ended Wednesday night’s 5-4 win over the Giants when he hit the first pitch Derek Law threw in the 11th inning over the right-center-field wall. His third career walk-off homer completed a ninth-inning comeback staged by the Braves, who have won four of their past six games at Turner Field, or two more than they had tallied over the previous 22 home games played this season.

“Obviously you don’t want to get off to the start to the season that we did,” Freeman said. “And now to finally turn it around at home, where we’ve struggled the most, it’s just nice to put together a few-games stretch where we’re actually swinging the bats and pitching well.”

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