One swing in the seventh inning sent the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the National League Championship Series.
Watch the full highlights from Game 4 of the NLDS, as the Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 to win the series three games to one. Andy Pages delivered a two-run, bases-loaded single in the seventh — Los Angeles’ first hit with runners in scoring position all series — and Max Muncy added a ninth-inning home run as the Dodgers advanced to their third straight NLCS.
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Atlanta’s Tyler Mahle took a tough-luck loss despite allowing only three hits over 6⅓ innings. The Dodgers now face the Milwaukee Brewers in a best-of-seven NLCS beginning Sunday — the third time in nine years the clubs have met one step from the World Series.
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The wider picture: this is Los Angeles’ third straight trip to the NLCS, and it sets up the series Milwaukee have been waiting for — the Brewers advanced the same night with their own 3-1 win over San Diego. It is the third time in nine years these two clubs have met one step from the World Series, but the recent history stings in Wisconsin: the Dodgers swept Milwaukee at this stage last season. That is what makes Sunday’s opener more than a rematch in name — the Brewers built this year’s roster, pitching depth first, to survive exactly this opponent.
The NLCS opens Sunday with the Dodgers as defending champions of this fixture. We will follow it game by game with the official highlights and the context that makes them mean something.
