Dodgers beat Braves 4-1 to win NLDS in four games

Dodgers close out Atlanta

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at Truist Park to win their National League Division Series three games to one.

Andy Pages broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning with a single to center that scored Tommy Edman and Teoscar Hernández. Max Muncy added a solo home run to right field in the ninth, a 389-foot drive off Raisel Iglesias.

How the runs scored

Atlanta struck first. Michael Harris II scored in the bottom of the first on a wild pitch by Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow.

Los Angeles tied it in the top of the second when shortstop Mauricio Dubón made a fielding error on a ball hit by Muncy, allowing Shohei Ohtani to score.

The game stayed tied until the seventh, when Pages delivered the go-ahead hit. He finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs.

On the mound

Glasnow worked 4 2/3 innings, allowing one run on one hit with five walks and five strikeouts. Four relievers kept Atlanta off the board the rest of the way. Edgardo Henriquez got the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings, Tanner Scott earned a hold, and Edwin Díaz pitched a scoreless ninth for the save.

Braves starter Tyler Mahle took the loss. He went 6 1/3 innings and allowed two runs, one earned, on three hits with one walk and four strikeouts.

The Dodgers had five hits and no errors; the Braves had three hits and two errors. Attendance was 41,173. Los Angeles went 100-62 in the regular season and Atlanta 94-68.

Sources

ESPN