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The Dodgers in beating the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night to close out the National League Division Series in four games improved their record under Dave Roberts to 19-9 (.689) with a chance to close out a postseason series. The rest of MLB since 2016 is 92-88 (.511) in such games. Wednesday’s win was also […]
Guardians 9, White Sox 3 (BOX SCORE)(CHW leads 2-1) Jo Adell struck out three times in game 1 of this series, but it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. He had a mammoth game on Wednesday, driving in three runs with a triple and showing exactly why the Guardians went and got him […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers are into their 8th National League Championship Series in the last 11 years. But don’t tell that to baseball’s biggest spenders, who were still partying like there’s no tomorrow in the locker room after beating the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS. One person who isn’t used to all those victories is…
Happy Thurday. We only get one playoff game today, the Guardians and White Sox play game four. White Sox are up two games to one. It is an 8:00 Eastern start. The Rays beat out the Yankees in three games. Yay Rays. The Dodgers beat out the Braves in four games. You disappointed me Braves. […]
The Atlanta Braves’ run in the MLB Playoffs has come to an end. The Braves faced elimination in Game 4 and needed a big offensive game from their stars. Ronald Acuna Jr. was specifically challenged to step up. Neither the Braves nor Acuna were up for the challenge, as the Dodgers won the game 4-1. […] The post Braves’ Ronald Acuna Jr. fights back tears after unprecedented boos rain down on dreadful NLDS performance appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Pending free agent Tyler Mahle put together a strong two-month stretch with the Braves to close the regular season. He was even better in the playoffs, covering critical innings for a pitching staff lacking viable starters outside of Chris Sale. After Atlanta was knocked out of the postseason last night, Mahle expressed interest in returning […]
After a scorching start, the Braves never really recaptured that magic over the final four months of the season. There were flashes of brilliance, sure — but mostly it was inconsistency, and nowhere more so than at the plate. Entering the postseason, you’d have been hard-pressed to find a single level-headed fan who believed Atlanta […]
The Braves’ season came to end on Wednesday night. It’s hard to tie a nice bow on the narrative arc with the loss: Tyler Mahle was good, the bullpen was not, and the Braves were neither done in by one of their particular strengths nor a specific, exceptional weakness. The offense started out very well […]
When the Braves arrived to the playoffs, one thing was obvious: they’d need their biggest stars to show up if they wanted to go toe to toe with the best in baseball. None of them did. And when that happens against the two-time defending champs, the writing is on the wall before you can wipe […]
Meet the Mets How do you solve a problem like Brett Baty? Around the National League East The Braves lost 4-1 to the Dodgers at home which eliminated them from the playoffs. Ronald Acuña Jr. partnered with Kalshi, which makes him the first MLB player to promote prediction markets. The Marlins are watching the playoffs […]
The Dodgers beat the Braves in four games to win the National League Division Series, and have advanced to their eighth National League Championship Series in the last 11 years with Dave Roberts at the helm. But before we dig into the celebration and aftermath from Game 4, here are a few leftover notes from […]
From the moment the season opened, one question hung over the Braves above all others: would they have enough pitching to be legitimate championship contenders? It got ugly fast. Atlanta lost Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep essentially for the year during Spring Training. Spencer Strider got hurt around the same time, joined the club late, […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 in Game 4 of the NLDS on Wednesday, closing out the series 3-1 and sending the Dodgers to the NLCS for...
In a game that could have gone either way through the first six innings, sitting at 1-1 from midway through the second, Teoscar Hernandez played a major role in tipping the momentum in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ direction, singling to right field with one out to set up a two-run swing for LA via an […] The post Watch David Ortiz, Teoscar Hernandez share a drink after Dodgers’ NLDS win over Braves appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Well the Braves’ season is over, despite Tyler Mahle’s and Michael Harris’ best efforts. Now we move into the offseason that holds ample uncertainty for the sport and for the team. A lockout is essentially inevitable at this point and the owners seem geared up to instigate the most contentious set of CBA negotiations in […]
After going 1-1 in Elysian Park to start off their NLDS series against the Atlanta Braves, the Los Angeles Dodgers took their show on the road to Freddie Freeman’s old stomping grounds to prove to the MLB world why they are still the best team in baseball. One player who played a key role in […] The post Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman gives Andy Pages props for ‘huge’ hit vs. Braves appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Edgardo Henriquez pitched a scoreless 1 2/3 innings to claim his first career postseason win on Wednesday. (Jon SooHoo/Los Angeles Dodgers) by Senji Torrey Wednesday offered the Dodger bullpen their greatest test: 4 1/3 innings and a tie game. For some, it offered a chance at redemption. For others, it was a reminder of their preeminence. By the final out, however, each reliever out of the bullpen had met the moment in a triumphant 4–1 National League Division Series clincher over the Atlanta ...
For the fifth time this decade, the Dodgers are headed to the NLCS. Source
The Los Angeles Dodgers are back in the NLCS. This is now the third year that Los Angeles has made it to the penultimate series before the World Series. This time, LA defeated the Atlanta Braves to make it to the Championship Series. After dismantling the Braves in four games, LA now awaits the winner […] The post Freddie Freeman reveals how Dodgers can help Tarik Skubal, Yoshinobu Yamamoto in NLCS appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Once again the National League must deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. As well as the rest of the league during the MLB Playoffs. Manager Dave Roberts has LA nearing a third straight World Series title by eliminating the Atlanta Braves 4-1 Wednesday. This time LA didn’t need to lean into the power of Shohei […] The post Dave Roberts highlights why Dodgers are smarter, better, tougher than rest of MLB appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Los Angeles Dodgers are producing some of MLB’s strongest postseason audiences in years, but the league’s broader playoff viewership remains less impressive. Overall, the Division Series is averaging 3.27 million viewers through Monday, down 3% from the same point last year. Game 1 of the Dodgers-Atlanta Braves Division Series averaged 5.37 million viewers on…
Before this season started (and even before the Postseason started) the big question concerning this 2026 Atlanta Braves team was whether or not they would have enough pitching (particularly in the rotation) in order to find a way to be successful. 94 wins, an NL East title, a Wild Card Series win and a Divisional […]
Atlanta Braves manager Walt Weiss credited the Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitching depth after his club’s season ended with a 4-1 loss in Wednesday’s NLDS Game 4 at Truist Park in Atlanta. The defeat gave Los Angeles a 3-1 series win and sent the two-time defending World Series champions back to the NLCS. The Braves managed […] The post Braves manager Walt Weiss gives props to Dodgers: ‘Arms keep coming’ appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Los Angeles Dodgers catapulted back to the National League Championship Series. Max Muncy rose as one of the heroes for Game 4. But Andy Pages’ performance against the Atlanta Braves buried some past postseason demons. Pages smashed the go-ahead run that placed LA ahead for good. The back-to-back World Series champions cruised to the […] The post Dodgers’ Andy Pages has fully put past struggles behind him with clutch NLDS Game 4 hit appeared first on ClutchPoints .
When the summer doldrums start to wear you down as a baseball fan, dreaming about days like these can quickly put that pep back in your step.