Los Angeles Dodgers at Atlanta Braves

· NLDS - Game 3

Los Angeles Dodgers

100-62, 49-32 Away

Final
3 - 1

Atlanta Braves

94-68, 52-29 Home

Yamamoto is dominant again as Dodgers ride homers from Hernández and Freeman to 3-1 win over Braves

Mauricio Dubon races to wall for sensational HR robbery

Yamamoto dominated the much-anticipated matchup with Atlanta ace Chris Sale, who allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings. Yamamoto, the MVP of the 2025 World Series, permitted only four hits with one walk while improving to 8-1 in his postseason career.

The Dodgers can win the best-of-five series and take another step in their attempt to become the first National League team to win three consecutive World Series titles by beating the Braves again Wednesday night in Game 4.

The Braves hoped giving Sale extra rest would be a winning formula in the pivotal third game. Instead, after stranding six runners in the first three innings, he gave up the two-run homer to Hernández and a solo shot to Freddie Freeman in the fourth.

Ozzie Albies opened the Atlanta ninth with a double off the right-center wall against Edwin Díaz and moved to third on Micheal Harris II's groundout. Díaz stranded the runner when Mauricio Dubón fouled out to right field and Mike Yastrzemski grounded out to shortstop Mookie Betts.

Dubón made a leaping catch over the left-field wall to rob Freeman of a home run in the third. Freeman wouldn't be denied an inning later. Hernández's homer to left drove in Andy Pages, who singled. One out later, Freeman pulled his 18th career postseason homer to right field for a 3-0 lead.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts moved designated hitter Shohei Ohtani down to No. 5 in the lineup because Ohtani was 3 for 15 in his career against Sale. Ohtani went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts against Sale when the Dodgers lost 1-0 on Aug. 26 in Atlanta.

Roberts correctly predicted Ohtani would have opportunities with runners on base hitting lower in the order.

With runners on first and second in the first, Sale struck out Ohtani to end the inning. With two runners on base in the third, Ohtani reached on catcher's interference by Drake Baldwin to load the bases before Miguel Rojas ended the inning with a flyball to right field. Ohtani walked to lead off the eighth against Brent Suter, Atlanta's fourth pitcher.

Baldwin's bases-loaded grounder to first base drove in Dubón, who singled, in the fifth for Atlanta's only run off Yamamoto.

Rojas left during an at-bat in the eighth. The second baseman appeared to injure his back on a swing and was replaced by Tommy Edman. The Dodgers announced the injury as lower back pain.

Tanner Scott added two strikeouts in a scoreless eighth for Los Angeles.

Up next Braves right-hander Tyler Mahle is expected to face Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow in Game 4 on Wednesday night. Mahle said Tuesday an abdominal pull is now a “non-issue.” He felt the pull before allowing one run in seven innings of a 4-3 loss to Philadelphia in 10 innings during the NL Wild Card Series last week.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Yastrzemski grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Yastrzemski hit for Thomas
	9th Inning	Dubón fouled out to right.
	9th Inning	Harris II grounded out to second, Albies to third.
	9th Inning	Albies doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Díaz relieved Scott

Statistics

LAD		ATL
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	11
12	Strikeouts	12
3	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
1	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
164	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	6
39	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
3.9	Runs Created	0.7
.222	Batting Average	.156
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.389	Slugging Percentage	.188
.250	Secondary Average	.094
.263	On Base Percentage	.206
.652	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.393
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
3.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.7
27.0	Batter Rating	11.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.167	Isolated Power	.031
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.051	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.059
.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.063
6.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
77.8	MLB Rating	62.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0