The Dodgers use a record, 11-run first-inning scoring frenzy to rout the Atlanta Braves 15-3 in Game 3 of the NLCS.
were not panicked before taking the field for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series. They faced an 0-2 deficit but remained calm. Their offense showed life late in Game 2. The Braves’ pitching quality was about to plummet. They were confident their superior depth would emerge. The team with the best record during the regular season was poised to pounce.Victorious is one thing. What the Dodgers pulled off at Globe Life Field on Wednesday was in another stratosphere.
Riding the wave of scoring seven runs in the final three innings of Game 2, the Dodgers dropped a record-setting 11 runs in the first inning Wednesday in a 15-3 rout.The Dodgers tallied seven hits, three home runs and three walks in the 32-minute first-inning demolition. Every player in starting lineup scored. They scored 10 runs with two outs. The 11 runs were the most ever scored in a postseason inning. Their 18 total bases set another record. Their five extra-base hits tied for the most ever.
Corey Seager fell a triple shy of the cycle — in the first three innings. Joc Pederson went four for six with a home run. Cody Bellinger and Max Muncy each delivered two hits. By the fourth inning, both teams began pulling their top players to avoid injury. In the end, the Dodgers snapped the Braves’ seven-game winning streak to open the postseason. The series is now 2-1 in the Braves’ favor. Game 4 is Thursday at 5:08 p.m. PDT.The Dodgers took a patient approach against the Braves’ starters in Games 1 and 2. They purposely worked the count. The goal was to tire the starters and get to Atlanta’s bullpen early. It worked better in Game 2 against Ian Anderson than in Game 1 against Max Fried.
They almost secured it when Will Smith cracked a line drive to center field, where Cristian Pache made a diving stop to prevent the ball from bouncing to the wall. Seager scored as Pache got up off his chest to fire a strike to second base. Smith beat it by a step to extend the inning.
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