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Jeff PassonESPN
ARLINGTON, Texas – A night after a recording setting run-scoring performance, the Los Angeles Dodgers could not get more than one hit against the Russians at the start of their seven careers and are now on the verge of bouncing out of the National League Championship. Series.
Bryce Wilson of the Atlanta Braves, who hadn’t entered in nearly three weeks, threw six one-hit innings and won the Globe Life Field 10-2 on Thursday in his offense. Atlanta are 3-1 up in the series and will have three chances to reach their first World Series since 1999.
The 22-year-old builds a linebacker – and the mindset – and the mindset of the right-handed player, previously Sept. 27, was the Braves’ final regular-season game, and Atlanta’s Game 4 didn’t even get a 4 starter name until Wednesday. He challenged the Dodgers all night with various fast-paced stubs and was helped by some winds at the time that were eagerly felt throughout the stadium, opening up his impression. With the exception of Edwin Rios’ second-inning home run, Daggers Jers – who scored 11 in the first inning of Game 3, who set a postseason record for runs in a single frame – suffered the same magically invisible offense against Wilson. In games 1 and 2.
Wills scored five runs and walked one in an impressive six innings that took just 74 pitches, most of them four seam fastballs as well as cutters and suckers that went in opposite directions. Manager Brian Snyder pulled him out before the seventh due to his lack of activity and the superiority of the bullpen. Dodger managed just three hits in the game, and the loss of Game 4, allowing the Braves to keep their top two starters Max Fried and Ian Anderson at full rest for potential games 6 and 7.
“Wow. That’s all I can say,” Slitker said, adding that Wilson came into the game hoping he could survive at least four innings. “That baby moved on. … The baby didn’t land in three weeks. It was just an incredible job.”
Kershaw, who lost his scheduled game 2 starts due to back spams, was dismissing Wilson before Marcel Ozuna tied him in fourth. After two innings, Kershaw’s night fell apart in a hurry. Ronald Akuna Jr. struck out an infield single, Freddie Freeman knocked out the RBI double and Ozuna chased Kersha with another run-scoring double. He, along with two others, came around and stabbed Kershaw to disfigure the line and scoreboard. The Braves led 6-1, and Kersh came out of another poor playoff performance: five innings, seven hits, four runs, one walk, four strikeouts.
“It’s a great honor to be able to do that as well as someone like Clayton Kershav – it’s an honor to pitch against him,” Wilson said. “
Formed in the fourth round in 2001, Wilson made his way to the main league in just two years, although with Atlanta’s various young power pitching, he has yet to find a place in the Braves’ rotation. Cole Hales’ shoulder set him aside at the end of the season, Wilson on 22nd Sept. Five shortout innings against the Miami Marlins began in the NL East and helped secure the Braves’ No. 2 seed in the NL playoffs. In that game he said, “I was able to establish a huge level of confidence that I don’t think I had before. That’s why I was able to do what I did tonight.”
Atlanta’s World Series drought comes after more than two decades of tension, with him playing in five of the eight World Series against Cleveland in 1995. The resurgence of the brew, fueled by a major part of the native genius, has occurred in the meantime. Postseason, during which they are 8-1. Aquina, Freeman and Ozzy Elbes, all signed and developed by the Braves, each got two hits in Game 4, and the Braves compiled 14.
The Dodgers ’only rally came in the seventh inning, when they trailed 7-2 and loaded the bases. Pinch hitter Will Smith hit a shot in the middle, but Elbis was moved into a perfect spot and he doesn’t need to move the line drive snag. Tyler Metzak and Shane Green kept the Dodgers on the verge of eliminating them, keeping them scoreless in the final two innings.
They will throw hard against Dustin May in Game 5 on Friday, against the Atlanta Bullpen game that could have Kyle Wright, who was chased by the Dodgers during his first innings on Wednesday. The game will feature a picture of Walker Buhler and Game Anderson vs. Tony Gonsolin, although both teams will likely take an all-hand-deck approach – allowing Wilson to return to a short break.
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