Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman will not be in the starting lineup for Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday against the New York Mets.

Freeman, who has been playing with a sprained right ankle since the start of the postseason, will be replaced at first base by Max Muncy. Enrique Hernandez will take over for Muncy at third base, while rookie Andy Pages will play center field after Hernandez started there in Games 1 and 3.

The Dodgers load up right-handed hitters in Game 4 against Mets left-hander Jose Quintana. Freeman is 5-for-16 lifetime (.313) against Quintana with a double and a home run.

Muncy and Shohei Ohtani are the only left-handed bats in Los Angeles’ lineup against Quintana. Both hit home runs in Game 3, while Muncy reached base in each of his last eight at-bats.

Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux will also be out of the starting lineup on Thursday, as the left-handed hitter is replaced by right-handed hitter Chris Taylor. Lux did not start in Game 2 of the NLCS with a tight hip flexor tendon.

Freeman rolled his right ankle while running through first base in a September 26 game against the San Diego Padres, which was also the night the Dodgers captured the NL West title. He missed the last three games of the regular season.

In the playoffs, a visibly bothered Freeman was limited to six innings in Game 2 of the NL Division Series against the San Diego Padres and did not see action in Game 4 of the NLDS. He started at first base in each of the first three NLCS games, but left in the late innings of Games 1 and 3 after Los Angeles took a big lead.

–Field-level media