After dropping the first two games of the #NLCS in Atlanta, the #Dodgers are returning home for Game 3, hoping to continue their recent domination over the Braves at Chavez Ravine.
⚾ With the top of the #Dodgers order due up in the seventh, the Braves summoned left-hander Tyler Matzek — who has pitched in every game of the postseason so far for Atlanta — from the bullpen.
⚾ Dodgers lead Braves 6-5 in 8th inning of NLCS Game 3.
Cody Bellinger hit a three-run home run and Mookie Betts follows with a run-scoring double in the eighth inning to give the Dodgers a 6-5 lead latimes.com/sports/dodgers…
The Braves now lead the series by just two games to one, going into tomorrow’s Game 4 in which Julio Urías will start for the Dodgers and the Braves will have to use a bullpen game latimes.com/sports/dodgers…
The #Dodgers are back in the #NLCS, coming back from a three-run deficit in Game 3 tonight to beat the Braves 6-5 in front of a delirious Dodger Stadium.
Kenley Jansen got the save by striking out the side in a perfect ninth inning.
The Braves now lead the series by just two games to one, going into tomorrow’s Game 4 in which Julio Urías will start for #Dodgers and Braves will have to use a bullpen game latimes.com/sports/dodgers…
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The founder of West Hollywood’s venerable comedy club the Laugh Factory is calling on comedians to rally behind Dave Chappelle as the controversial comic weathers the fallout from his Netflix stand-up special. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Meanwhile, several trans employees at Netflix organized a walkout this morning to protest the streamer’s refusal to pull Chapelle's special, which included a litany of transphobic remarks. latimes.com/entertainment-…
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