ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman and Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw apparently had bother seeing early in Sport four of the NL Championship Sequence due to windy situations in a stadium with a retractable roof.

Main League Baseball mentioned it wished to maintain the roof open at Globe Life Area — barring rain — when the settlement was reached for the brand new residence of the Texas Rangers to host three rounds of the playoffs within the pandemic-shortened season.

Fox reported in the course of the telecast Thursday night time that Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts advised umpire Cory Blaser between innings that Kershaw and first baseman Max Muncy have been having bother seeing.

Freeman was reaching for his eyes after placing out swinging within the first, and Fox reported he mentioned, “I can not see,” upon returning to the dugout. The MVP candidate with two homers within the NLCS briefly tried glasses whereas within the area and likewise was proven getting eyedrops.

Freeman cleanly fielded Corey Seager’s onerous one-hopper to first main off the fourth. Freeman did not seem like having bother seeing when he lined out to shortstop within the fourth.

The reported wind pace in the beginning of the sport was 6 to 15 mph. It was a blustery day in North Texas after a chilly entrance got here by means of.

Kershaw’s uniform pants and prime have been flapping within the breeze, as was Atlanta right-hander Bryse Wilson’s shoulder-length hair.

Muncy scrambled from foul floor to the infield grass and was nonetheless on the transfer when he caught a excessive infield pop from Austin Riley to finish the second inning.

The roof has been open for all seven postseason video games at Globe Life Area, throughout the road from open-air Globe Life Park that was Texas’ residence for 25 seasons. The primary three have been for LA’s sweep of San Diego within the NL Division Sequence.

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