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Freddie Freeman and Will Smith fuel Dodgers’ surge in home-opening win over Reds

LOS ANGELES — Before the game, the loudest ovation belonged to the Los Angeles Dodgers longest-tenured player. At the height of Thursday night’s home-opener, however, a sold-out Dodger Stadium was chanting for the team’s newest star. In his first regular-season game at Chavez Ravine since signing with the Dodgers last month, Freddie Freeman delivered the crushing blow in the team’s 9-3 win ...
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts looks on from he dugout during the fifth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, April 14, 2022, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — Before the game, the loudest ovation belonged to the Los Angeles Dodgers longest-tenured player.

At the height of Thursday night’s home-opener, however, a sold-out Dodger Stadium was chanting for the team’s newest star.

In his first regular-season game at Chavez Ravine since signing with the Dodgers last month, Freddie Freeman delivered the crushing blow in the team’s 9-3 win against the Cincinnati Reds, lacing a leadoff double in the eighth inning to spark

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