The Dodgers are hoping a day of rest will help first baseman Freddie Freeman to play the rest of the National League Championship Series.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts noticed Freeman struggling at the end of Game 3 and discussed with him postgame if he would take Thursday off.
“I reached out last night. I gave him a call last night, just so if we decided to give him today, I wanted him to take full advantage of not — when he put his head on the pillow, that no, he wasn’t going to be in there tomorrow,” Roberts said…