Game ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠3 is Tuesday, Oct. 6 in Atlanta at 6 p.m. ET on FS1, with Chris Sale starting for the Braves against Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Walt Weiss: "we go back home even, and we have Chris Sale."

Blake ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Snell lasted 3 2/3 innings, allowing one run with five walks and five strikeouts on 90 pitches. Dave Roberts: "He just wasn't sharp... He was fighting himself all game."

The ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Braves beat the Dodgers 3-2 in NLDS Game 2 on Sunday at Dodger Stadium to tie the series 1-1, using a bullpen game: opener Ray Kerr, then Grant Holmes, Dylan Lee, Robert Suarez, Didier Fuentes and closer Raisel Iglesias.

Dave ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Roberts calling it 'a three-game series' is a manager renaming a problem until it sounds like a plan.

Home-field ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠advantage is what the Dodgers earned over 162 games and spent in two: a split and a flight to Atlanta.

Didier ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Fuentes threw three perfect innings at Dodger Stadium before the crowd had learned how to pronounce him.

Max ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Muncy's ninth-inning homer is the Dodgers' favorite genre: the rally that makes a loss look close.

Shohei ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Ohtani is a two-way player who spent two NLDS games going one way: back to the dugout.