Dodgers beat Braves 4-1 to reach NLCS for third straight year
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Wednesday night to win their NL Division Series three games to one. Andy Pages broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run single in the seventh inning, and the bullpen threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings. The Brewers, up 2-1 on the Padres, play Game 4 in San Diego at 10 p.m. ET.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are headed back to the National League Championship Series.
They beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Wednesday night at Truist Park to win the best-of-five Division Series three games to one. It is the third straight year the Dodgers have reached the NLCS, Sports Illustrated reported.
Runs were hard to find again. Atlanta scored first, when Michael Harris II singled, stole second and came home on a wild pitch by Tyler Glasnow. The Dodgers tied it in the second. Shohei Ohtani walked, stole second, took third on a throwing error and scored when shortstop Mauricio Dubón dropped a pop-up hit by Max Muncy. The New York Post said it was the first Dodgers run of the series that did not come on a home run.
The game stayed tied until the seventh. With the bases loaded, Andy Pages lined a two-run single up the middle for a 3-1 lead. Pages went hitless in his first seven at-bats of the series, but manager Dave Roberts kept him in the lineup and said the team would need him to win the World Series, both SI and the Post reported.
Glasnow lasted 4 2/3 innings and walked five. After that, the bullpen did not give up a run. Alex Vesia, Edgardo Henriquez and Tanner Scott held Atlanta down, Muncy hit a solo homer in the ninth, and Edwin Díaz got the last three outs for the save. Braves starter Tyler Mahle allowed two runs, one earned, in 6 1/3 innings. On Tuesday, Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 to win Game 3.
The Dodgers are two-time defending champions. They are trying to become the first National League team to win three World Series in a row, the Post said. They swept the Brewers in last year's NLCS, SI noted.
The other series is still going. Milwaukee leads San Diego two games to one, and Game 4 is at 10 p.m. ET Wednesday in San Diego on FS1. If the Padres win, Game 5 is Friday in Milwaukee.
How to watch: The NLCS starts Sunday, Oct. 11. Game 1 will be in Milwaukee if the Brewers advance, or at Dodger Stadium if the Padres do.
What we know: The Dodgers are in the NLCS and open on Sunday.
What we don't: Whether they will face the Brewers or the Padres.
Where outlets agree Sports Illustrated and the New York Post both report that Andy Pages broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run single in the seventh and the Dodgers won the series 3-1.
Where they differ The Post calls the Dodgers favorites to win the pennant, while SI stresses how hard runs were to come by all series.