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- Updated: July 28, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Freddie Freeman stole a base, hit his longest home run of the season and recorded career highs with four hits and five RBIs on Wednesday night. But the Braves first baseman seemed to believe the most unique development in a 9-7 win over the Twins came courtesy of the three hits he recorded with runners in scoring position.
“It’s actually nice to get some hits with runners in scoring position,” said Freeman, who has been frustrated frequently this season in run-producing opportunities. “It’s nice to do my job for once this year.”
Though Freeman has endured some of the toughest slumps of his career this season, he still has a .280 batting average and .881 OPS. He’s on pace to hit a career-best 28 home runs, but he’s also on pace for 66 RBIs, which would match the career low he produced while playing just 118 games in 2015.
After hitting a Major League-best .376 with runners in scoring position last year, …
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