Andy Pages drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the seventh inning to give Los Angeles the lead as the Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 on Wednesday night to clinch their National League Division Series.
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Dodgers → drive → Series
The Dodgers won back-to-back games in Atlanta to take the best-of-five series 3-1 and advance to the National League Championship Series as they seek to become the first NL team to win three consecutive World Series titles.
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they → win → titles
Pages lined a 3-2 pitch from Robert Suárez up the middle to drive in Teoscar Hernández, who had singled off starter Tyler Mahle, and pinch-runner Tommy Edman for a 3-1 lead.
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who → line → lead
Didier Fuentes had walked pinch-hitter Josue De Paula and Kyle Tucker to load the bases, with Edman running for De Paula.
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Edman → walk → Paula
Max Muncy’s solo homer off Raisel Iglesias in the ninth padded the lead and gave the slugger 19 postseason home runs with the Dodgers, extending his franchise record.
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homer → pad → record
Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow, making his first start since 24 September, allowed just one hit but walked five batters in four and two-thirds innings.
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Glasnow → make → innings
After he issued two walks in the fifth, left-hander Alex Vesia ended the inning by inducing a groundout to second base from Matt Olson.
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Vesia → issue → Olson
The missed opportunity left the Braves with 18 walks in the series, none of which resulted in a run.
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none → miss → run
Glasnow and four relievers combined to allow just three hits.
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Glasnow → combine → hits
Tanner Scott pitched a perfect eighth before Edwin Díaz retired the side in order in the ninth for the save.
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Díaz → pitch → save
Mahle, a native of Newport Beach, California, who grew up a Dodgers fan, allowed two runs, one earned, in six and a third innings.
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who → grow → innings
Michael Harris II singled on Glasnow’s first pitch before stealing second and eventually scoring from third on a wild pitch that bounced off catcher Will Smith’s chest protector.
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that → single → protector
The Dodgers pulled level in the second with the help of two Atlanta errors.
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Dodgers → pull → errors
Shohei Ohtani walked, stole second and advanced to third on catcher Sean Murphy’s errant throw into center field.
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Ohtani → walk → field
Muncy’s pop fly into shallow left field was dropped by shortstop Mauricio Dubón for another error, allowing Ohtani to score.
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Ohtani → drop → error
Hernández crashed into the wall while attempting to catch Ozzie Albies’ leadoff double off Vesia in the sixth.
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Hernández → crash → sixth
Hernández pointed to his head and neck while speaking with an athletic trainer but remained in the game.
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Hernández → point → game
Edgardo Henríquez stranded Albies at second.
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Henríquez → strand → second
Henríquez allowed one hit in one and two-thirds scoreless innings to earn the win.
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Henríquez → allow → win
Ramírez broke out of his batting slump on Wednesday, helping Cleveland avoid a sweep in their American League Division Series against the Chicago White Sox.
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Cleveland → break → Sox
The seven-time All-Star had two hits, drove in two runs and scored twice during the Guardians’ 9-3 victory in Game 3.
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Star → have → 3
“Josy, that’s why he’s one of the best players in the league,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said.
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Vogt → ’ → league
“He can hurt you with the bat, the legs and the glove.
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He → hurt → bat
He showed all that today.”
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He → show → that
The 34-year-old Ramírez also made a diving stop at third base on Miguel Vargas’ bases-loaded smash in the sixth inning, preserving Cleveland’s 5-3 lead.
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Ramírez → make → lead
“After that play, it was, OK, this is our game to win, and that’s what we were able to do,” Ramírez said through a translator.
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Ramírez → win → translator
Ramírez was sidelined for five weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand on a swing against Detroit on 13 June.
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Ramírez → sideline → June
The switch-hitter underwent surgery before returning on 22 July against Minnesota.
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hitter → undergo → Minnesota
But he hit just .229 with two home runs and 20 RBIs in 53 games after the operation.
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he → hit → operation
He then went 0 for 6 with two walks in the first two games of the ALDS against the White Sox.
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He → go → Sox
With the Guardians facing elimination, Ramírez delivered – just as he had so many times before.
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he → face → elimination
“It feels special,” Ramírez said.
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Ramírez → feel → ?
“You know the type of season I had, but it’s important for us to win any game going forward because for us it’s do or die.
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it → know → us
So it feels really good. ...
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it → feel → ?
But for us, it’s the same mindset going forward.”
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it → ’ → us
The first sign Ramírez was headed for a big night came in the first inning, when he hit a 107.9mph line drive that was caught by a diving Randal Grichuk in left field.
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that → head → field
“We always know he’s one swing away,” Vogt said.
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Vogt → know → ?
“When he hit that first ball in the first inning ... great play by Grichuk.
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he → hit → Grichuk
You knew he was here.”
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he → know → ?
Ramírez walked and scored on Jo Adell’s three-run triple in the third, helping Cleveland take a 4-1 lead.
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Cleveland → walk → lead
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