Freddie Freeman not in Dodgers' Game 4 NLCS lineup vs. Mets.
NEW YORK -- All-Star first baseman
Freddie Freeman is not in the
Los Angeles Dodgers' starting lineup for Game 4 of the National League Championship Series as he continues to nurse a lingering ankle injury.
Freeman has played in seven of the Dodgers' eight games this postseason after badly spraining his right ankle Sept. 26 against
San Diego. Typically a power threat, he has seven hits -- all singles -- in 27 at-bats.
With left-hander
Jose Quintana poised to start for the
New York Mets, Los Angeles opted Thursday for a mostly right-handed lineup.
Teoscar Hernandez will move into the No. 3 hole typically occupied by Freeman, and
Kiké Hernández, who has played center field, will move to third base while
Max Muncy shifts across the diamond to fill Freeman's spot at first.