![]() “It’s going to be kind of the middle innings, I think that’s when they will kind of start to be a factor,” Roberts said. One factor to monitor during today’s day game: The shadows. ![]() He was nearly flawless in two starts against them during last year’s NLCS, surrendering just one run in 11 total innings. The right-hander has given up four runs in 10 2/3 innings in the playoffs, including only one run in a start in Game 4 of the NLDS on short rest his last time out.īuehler faced the Braves once this year, a seven-inning, two-run, five-strikeout start in August. Walker Buehler will be on the mound for the first time in this series. The rest of the Dodgers’ lineup from Game 2 remains the same. With Turner back, Chris Taylor moves to left field, replacing AJ Pollock. Manager Dave Roberts said, while the issue will need to continue being monitored, he expects Turner to continue to play every day moving forward. Times Sports October 19, 2021ĭodgers notes: Justin Turner is back in the lineup after being limited to a pinch-hit appearance in Game 2 because of a neck stinger. Here are the lineups for the Braves and Dodgers for Game 3 of the NLCS /sMNlWdCWe4- L.A. At least one more run was needed to win and cut the Braves’ series lead in half, by a club that had squandering scoring opportunities in October down to a science. The home run, as important as it was, didn’t win the Dodgers anything. “We were dead in the water,” manager Dave Roberts said. The swing, a tomahawk chop to the Atlanta Braves’ hearts, replenished the Dodgers’ World Series aspirations. The pitching side was more actively bad, with Brendan Cellucci struggling to the tune of four runs over 1 1⁄ 3 innings, allowing five hits and a walk with three strikeouts.The course of the Dodgers’ season, five outs from a 3-0 ditch just one team has overcome in Major League Baseball history, changed in their 6-5 win Tuesday when Cody Bellinger decided to chase a fastball several inches above the strike zone.īy the time the baseball landed in the right-field pavilion for a game-tying, three-run home run in the eighth inning, the fans, those who stuck around to see Game 3 of the National League Championship Series through, were roaring to a decibel level few have ever experienced inside Dodger Stadium.īellinger hopped around first base, turned to face the Dodgers dugout across the diamond and swaggered around the bases. The offensive side was largely nothing, with Triston Casas going 1-4 with a single and two strikeouts while Christian Koss went 0-3. Downs was off on Thursday, and it was a forgettable day overall. Game Six is on Saturday.Ītlanta Reaction Forgettable day in Arizonaįor the most part, the first portion of the Arizona Fall League has been kind to Red Sox prospects, mostly on the hitting side and largely with respect to Jeter Downs, but it’s been a nice showing overall. These two now head back to Atlanta with the Braves leading the series 3-2. Taylor would smash three homers in the game - the first player to do that in an elimination game - while Pollock contributed two in what ended up being a blowout 11-2 win. The Braves did strike first, to be fair, with Freddie Freeman smacking a two-run homer in the top half of the first, but from there it was all Dodgers. Instead of the Braves getting another great pitching performance to keep the Dodgers down long enough for the Atlanta offense to get a few across, the Dodgers just crushed Atlanta pitching all night. ![]() They are still the more talented team on paper this year as well, but the Braves pitching has been better, and things lined up for Atlanta to take this game and the series with Max Fried on the mound.īut that’s not what happened. Last year, they were able to erase that deficit and advance to the World Series, ultimately winning it all over Tampa Bay. The Dodgers had their backs against the wall heading into Thursday’s Game Five of the NLCS, trailing the Braves 3-1 in the series for a second straight year. Chris Taylor leads homer barrage for Dodgers
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