LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was out of the lineup Monday night against the Atlanta Braves after slipping in the shower and hurting his surgically repaired right ankle.

The Dodgers are off to a 5-0 start, but the defending World Series champions were without their star first baseman Monday night and possibly for more games. Freddie Freeman had a “little mishap” entering the shower at home that caused his surgically repaired right ankle to swell up a bit,

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman aggravated his surgically repaired ankle when he slipped in the shower, keeping him out of the lineup vs. Atlanta.