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Chris Sale #51 of the Atlanta Braves throws a pitch during the second inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in game three of the National League Division Series at Truist Park on October 06, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Edward M. Pio Roda\/Get <\/p>\n
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Braves fell behind 2-1 in the National League Division Series after losing 3-1 to the Los Angeles Dodgers at home on Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Braves fall behind in series <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Chris Sale allowed three runs and seven hits over five innings after receiving extra rest ahead of his Game 3 start.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yoshinobu Yamamoto held Atlanta’s bats in check, striking out 10 batters over seven innings while allowing just four hits and one run.\u00a0<\/p>\n
LIVE BLOG: Braves-Dodgers NLDS Game 3<\/a><\/p>\n Stranded runners cost Atlanta early <\/p>\n Timeline:<\/p>\n The Braves stranded six runners over the first three innings, failing to capitalize on early opportunities against Yamamoto.\u00a0<\/p>\n Left fielder Mauricio Dub\u00f3n kept the game scoreless in the third inning by making a leaping catch over the wall to rob Freddie Freeman of a home run.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Dodgers broke through in the fourth inning when Kik\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez hit a two-run homer and Freeman added a solo home run to give Los Angeles a 3-0 lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n Atlanta scored its only run in the fifth inning when Drake Baldwin hit a bases-loaded groundout to score Dub\u00f3n, who had singled earlier in the inning.\u00a0<\/p>\n Late comeback effort falls short <\/p>\n What they’re saying:<\/p>\n Dodgers manager Dave Roberts moved Shohei Ohtani down to No. 5 in the lineup due to his past struggles against Sale. Ohtani went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts against Sale in their previous matchup on Aug. 26 in Atlanta. Sale struck out Ohtani with two runners on in the first inning on Tuesday, though Ohtani later reached on catcher’s interference by Baldwin in the third and walked in the eighth.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the ninth inning, Ozzie Albies doubled off the right-center wall against Edwin D\u00edaz and moved to third on Michael Harris II’s groundout. However, D\u00edaz stranded Albies at third by getting Dub\u00f3n to foul out and Mike Yastrzemski to ground out to Mookie Betts to end the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n Must-win Game 4 on tap <\/p>\n What’s next:<\/p>\n The Braves will try to avoid elimination on Wednesday night in Game 4 at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n Atlanta right-hander Tyler Mahle is expected to take the mound against Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow. Mahle said Tuesday that an abdominal pull he suffered during last week’s Wild Card Series loss to Philadelphia is now a non-issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the game broadcast, the Atlanta Braves, and MLB.<\/p>\n Atlanta Braves<\/a>News<\/a>Sports<\/a>MLB<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Chris Sale #51 of the Atlanta Braves throws a pitch during the second inning against the Los…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[10445,48,52,51,47,50,49,1334,100,127],"class_list":["post-487598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-braves","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-mlb","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}