
This season marked the Braves' fourth straight playoff appearance. The pennant is the latest step for a franchise that began a long rebuild during the middle part of the past decade and reemerged as a contender in 2018. We felt that we had the talent to do it." and us were right there in the top three. "And if you're into things like run differential, the Giants, L.A. "There was a big upside to our club the last two months," Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos said after the game. While the 2021 Braves looked like a long shot to end their pennant drought when the postseason began, nothing about the way Atlanta dismantled the Milwaukee Brewers during the NLDS and the Dodgers during the NLCS seemed miraculous. 3, held by another version of the franchise - the 1914 Boston Braves, known to history as the "Miracle Braves." According to the Elias Sports Bureau, that's the latest first-day-over-.500 date ever for a team that reached the World Series. Instead, it's the 88-win Braves who take the NL pennant during a season in which they did not climb over the. It was an abrupt end for Los Angeles, which won 106 games during the regular season and beat the 107-win San Francisco Giants in the NL Division Series.
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The loss ends the title defense of the Dodgers, who won the World Series after last year's pandemic-shortened season. "It's truly a great moment, not just in my career, but in my life as well, but I want more," Rosario said. 560 average, 1.040 slugging percentage, three homers and nine RBIs in six games. Rosario, who was named NLCS MVP, went 2-for-4 with a walk and finished the NLCS with a. The last of the three was former MVP Mookie Betts. The Dodgers got the tying runs on base with no one out in the seventh, but lefty reliever Tyler Matzek came on and struck out three straight to electrify a thundering Truist Park gathering. One season after the Braves lost to the Dodgers in a seven-game National League Championship Series, Atlanta knocked off the defending champions in six.

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You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĪtlanta Braves back in World Series for first time since 1999 after upsetting Dodgers in NLCSĪTLANTA - For the first time since 1999, the Braves are going back to the World Series.Įddie Rosario continued a torrid postseason with a three-run homer just inside the foul pole in the fourth inning, breaking a 1-1 deadlock and propelling Atlanta to a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
