Recap from Game 4 as Dodgers end Braves’ season in NL Division Series

The Dodgers proved too much in the National League Division Series, dispatching the Braves in four games, with a 4-1 victory on Wednesday night at Truist Park. 

Los Angeles, which has won the last two World Series, continues the march back, and they will face the winner of the Brewers-Padres series in the NL Championship Series, beginning Sunday. 

The Dodgers are bringing in closer Edwin Diaz to try to finish the game — and the series. 

He's set to face pinch-hitter Rowdy Tellez, follow by Mauricio Dubón and Austin Riley. 

Max Muncy laced a home run to right field off Raisel Iglesias, and the Dodgers are ahead, 4-1, in the ninth. If a 3-1 lead seemed unlikely to overcome, another run is ... another run. 

The Braves have had some chances but they haven't been able to convert them, and they haven't been scoring off home runs — like the Dodgers have — which will make it a taller challenge. 

Tanner Scott had a 1-2-3 eighth inning for the Dodgers, who are three outs away from going back to the NL Championship Series. 

The Braves just can't catch a break. Ozzie Albies was hit by a pitch, but because he was swinging, it ended up being a strike. On the next pitch, he grounded out to short. 

As expected the Dodgers' pitching has given the Braves problems, and they haven't been able to build a big inning, aside from Game 2. 

Michael Harris II doubled with two outs in the seventh ... and didn't move past second. 

Ronald Acuña Jr. grounded out to end the inning, and again, didn't take advantage of a chance to cash in with a runner in scoring position. 

Even getting one run there would have helped trim the lead and give them a bigger margin to try to get back in the game. Trying to get two runs in the eighth (or ninth) is a tough ask. 

In a high-pressure situation with the bases loaded, Andy Pages hit a two-run single into left-center, and the Dodgers have a 3-1 lead in the seventh. 

That matches the Game 3 score, and the Braves will have to figure out a way to get (at least) two runs to tie the game and eventually take the lead. 

Middle 7th: Dodgers 3, Braves 1

The Dodgers have the bases loaded, after a single by Teoscar Hernández and back-to-back walks from Didier Fuentes issued to Josue De Paula and Kyle Tucker. 

Yes, there are two outs, but with Andy Pages up, the Braves can't afford to let him get on and get back to the top of the Dodgers' order, where they could possibly break the game open. 

Tyler Mahle's night is done, with an impressive line: 6⅓ innings, one unearned run on three hits (all singles), with four strikeouts and one walk on 85 pitches. That's about the best one could hope for — with that unearned run being the biggest blemish. 

Didier Fuentes entered in relief and walked Josue De Paula, putting runners on first and second, in what could be another pressure inning for the Braves. 

The Dodgers went to reliever Edgardo Henriquez and the Braves pinch-hit Lane Thomas for Mike Yastrzemski in the pressure situation. Thomas grounded out to third — and the runner couldn't advance — and Mauricio Dubón lined out to right to end the inning. 

Leadoff double and not advancing the runner ... another little thing. 

End 6th: Braves 1, Dodgers 1

Ozzie Albies doubled to start the bottom of the sixth, and the Braves are in business. It was a knock to the wall in left field, and Teoscar Hernandez crashed into the wall trying to corral it, but with the way it was struck, it was a tough play. 

On the broadcast, John Smoltz broke down how it may be another one of the "little things" that got away, as Albies possibly could have made it to third because of the way the hit caromed off the wall. He's not wrong, but the Braves should be able to turn this opportunity into a run. 

Hernandez was down on the ground for a bit trying to recover from the collision, but he stayed in the game.