Austin Riley’s 9th-Inning HR Leads Braves Past Dodgers in NLCS Game 1
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The Atlanta Braves won the upper hand on the Los Angeles Dodgers to delivery the National League Championship Series, a success Game 1 5-1 on Monday at Globe Lifestyles Field in Arlington, Texas.
On the fifth pitch of the sport, Freddie Freeman homered to simply to do the Braves ahead.
That remained the finest mosey till Kike Hernandez tied the fetch with a solo dwelling mosey to left within the underside of the fifth.
Austin Riley was once accountable for the decisive blow when he took Blake Treinen deep within the ninth.
Marcell Ozuna added an insurance coverage mosey with a single to lift Ronald Acuna Jr. dwelling sooner than Ozzie Albies’ two-mosey dwelling mosey broke the fetch delivery.
Coming in for a non-do self-discipline, Tag Melancon role the Dodgers down in reveal to seal the victory.
Significant Performers
Walker Buehler, SP, Dodgers: 5 IP, three hits, one earned mosey, 5 walks, seven strikeouts
Kike Hernandez, 2B, Dodgers: 1-for-3, one dwelling mosey, one RBI
Max Fried, SP, Braves: 6 IP, four hits, one earned mosey, two walks, nine strikeouts
Ozzie Albies, 2B, Braves: 2-for-5, one dwelling mosey, two RBI
Marcell Ozuna, DH, Braves: 2-for-5, one double, one RBI, one mosey
Fried Dazzles in LCS Debut
Entering Monday, Max Fried surrendered nine earned runs over 10 postseason appearances. Eight of those runs were unfold over two games. For basically the most segment, the left-hander has been cash for the length of his restricted taste of October baseball, and Game 1 continued that pattern.
The southpaw had Dodgers hitters guessing within the midst of the evening.
The Braves did now not fetch that variety of effort from their offense till the ninth.
Atlanta got wait on-to-wait on singles from Travis d’Arnaud and Albies to delivery the sixth nevertheless couldn’t pass them over. The crew did now not capitalize on Ozuna’s leadoff double within the eighth, both. After a success-by-pitch to Pablo Sandoval loaded the bases with two outs, Charlie Culberson struck out.
The lineup made up for that within the last inning.
Buehler Battles Thru Blister
In some unspecified time in the future of the Fox broadcast, Corridor of Famer John Smoltz stated Dodgers starter Walker Buehler was once “effectively wild.” While the true which formula of the phrase is seriously amorphous, it was once an precise descriptor of Buehler’s day outing.
The impartial-hander did now not bag his ultimate stuff nevertheless aloof omitted heaps of bats, as evidenced by his strikeout and stroll totals.
Brooding about he’s going by blisters on his impartial index and heart fingers, allowing a dwelling mosey to the 2nd batter of the sport seemed esteem a dreadful omen for Buehler. As a substitute, he completed without from now on vital injury.
Presumably it was once the pants.
Things seemingly might perhaps now not pause well for the Dodgers, though, when Mookie Betts, Corey Seager, Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger combine for 2 hits. The source of Betts’ struggles against left-handers in teach stays a thriller.
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Mookie Betts was once one amongst the worst hitters within the ample leagues this 365 days vs. left-handed pitching — a .505 OPS, without a homers in 54 at-bats. And he is now long gone 81 plate appearances since his last HR vs. lefties–vs. Martin Perez, Sept. 2019. Braves seem like honing in on that.
What’s Subsequent?
The groups will return to the diamond at 6: 05 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Ian Anderson for the Braves and Clayton Kershaw for the Dodgers are the scheduled starters.