First baseman Freddie Freeman gave the Braves a scare when he banged his right knee into the wall in foul territory chasing a Kevin Frandsen foul ball during the eighth inning of Sunday’s loss. That’s the same knee that’s given Freeman chronic problems.
Freeman walked gingerly back to first base and was able to finish the game. He struck out to end the game in the ninth. Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said after the game Braves trainer Jeff Porter told him Freeman was fine, but it’s something they’ll continue to keep an eye on.
“It’s one of those things that we’re going to have to just manage a little bit,” Gonzalez said. “And hopefully down the road here we can give him a couple days, but nothing major.”
Freeman first injured his patellar tendon in that knee in 2010 in Triple-A Gwinnett and then hurt it again in spring training last year, subluxing his knee cap. Freeman sat out of a game Aug. 29 to rest it, snapping a streak of 36 consecutive starts.
