Emotional Freddie Freeman gets hug from Bryce Harper in return to Dodgers as ailing son recovers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman singled and got a hug from Phillies star Bryce Harper in his return to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup on Monday night after missing eight games to be with his ailing 3-year-old son who is out of danger after a serious medical diagnosis.

“I’m back,” he said before the game, “so that means good things are happening at the Freeman home.”

Freeman received a standing ovation in his first at-bat. The Phillies joined the applause from their dugout. He stepped out of the batter’s box...