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Freddie Freeman’s Dodgers debut a solid day and a win

AP photo by David Zalubowski / The Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman heads to first base after getting hit in the back by a pitch from Colorado Rockies starter Kyle Freeland in the third inning of Friday's season opener for both teams in Denver.
AP photo by David Zalubowski / The Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman heads to first base after getting hit in the back by a pitch from Colorado Rockies starter Kyle Freeland in the third inning of Friday's season opener for both teams in Denver. AP photo by David Zalubowski / The Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman heads to first base after getting hit in the back by a pitch from Colorado Rockies starter Kyle Freeland in the third inning of Friday's season opener for both teams in Denver.

By PAT GRAHAM / The Associated Press 3 min read

DENVER – Freddie Freeman’s debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers included reaching base three times, scoring a run and providing a comforting shoulder.

The Colorado Rockies’ José Iglesias was emotional standing at first base after an early RBI single. When Freeman asked what was wrong, Iglesias said he’d just recently lost his father.

The Dodgers’ new first baseman offered words of encouragement.

“It was a beautiful moment,” Iglesias said after the Dodgers beat the Rockies 5-3 Friday in the season opener for both teams. “Beyond baseball, we’re human beings. That was very nice of Freddie.”

Freeman’s mother Rosemary died of skin cancer when he was 10.