The Dodgers piled on with five more runs after the Braves had conceded. Chris Martin replaced Fried in the fifth inning and immediately gave up a two-run homer to Chris Taylor. “Just a really good, aggressive lineup (that) hit some pitches over the middle.” Fried gave up three runs on two home runs in the second, and allowed another run in the third. He was staked to a 2-0 lead on Freddie Freeman’s homer in the first inning. Instead, Fried surrendered five earned runs over 4-2/3 innings. There was every reason to expect him to be sharp. Fried was back home in Southern California. He pitched six scoreless innings against Milwaukee in the previous round. The Braves started Fried, MLB’s ERA leader after the All-Star break.įried held the Dodgers to two runs over six innings in Game 1. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had used so many of his pitchers that he was forced to deploy a so-called bullpen game Thursday. Nearly all their hitters came alive at the same time in Game 4. There were good reasons to believe the Braves would win Game 5. Coming from ahead to lose to the Dodgers again would take the luster off their run. So I don’t think we have a choice until we kill that narrative. Lose both, and the 2021 Braves will be added to the pile of postseason collapses for Atlanta sports teams.Ībout that history, Freeman said: “It’s going to be the narrative, it seems, because every day it’s brought up the last couple days. Win one game this weekend, and the Braves will advance to the World Series for the first time since 1999. Los Angeles Dodgers left fielder AJ Pollock reacts after hitting a three-run home run off of Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Jacob Webb.
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