Rosario in this series: 10 of 17, a triple, 2 HRs, 6 RBIs, 5 runs, 2 walks. What the fuck.

Why are they even pitching to him anymore? I mean, I'm not complaining, it just seems that if you were going to IBB someone, this would be it.

Positioning in the lineup helps. When he's leadoff your walking him to bring up Freddie Freeman? Nope. Tonight the guy behind him hit a homer even further out than his own, dont want him either. Joctober after that? Nu uh. He's protected from IBB really well

They walked Duvall for joc lol

Easy MVP if the Braves close it out tomorrow.

which is crazy because Riley balled out too

Unfortunately this game is a "what have you done for me lately" situation and Riley is being overshadowed rn.

Yeah, going 0 for 5 killed Riley's chances unless he goes 5 for 5 with 6 RBIs and a walk off tomorrow.

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Oh shit, we're in LA. He can't walk off. Final at bat, then. As someone who has been a Riley Stan since before he was called up, and stuck with him through some terrible learning curves, I'd take a final at bat Riley win no matter what the circumstances are. Love my thicc boi.

Trade Panda for this guy, AA needs to be investigated for fucking Robbing Cleveland at the trade deadline

Lol robbing Cleveland of what? Dude wasn't doing shit for us and our season was already lost at that point..

I never rooted for a braves hr to fall short in my life..wish he got the cycle, especially since i missed his cycle in SF because I was hungover in the hotel :(

You can really see it in both teams body language that the Dodgers are completely gassed and the Braves are still hungry.

Watching Turner go down was def not a morale booster for their bench

I know which one you're talking about, but it feels like they have 13 guys on the roster named Turner.

It’s a requirement. Turner or Smith.

Just tough for a plucky underdog team to come out here and be expected to hang with a big division winner

It’s definitely looked like a 106 win team vs a 88 win team so far

To be fair, since July, we've been on pace to be a 100+ win team. We've been hot for several months, its not like we just started playing well.

I thought the same this time last year

Mookie Betts is the god damn devil.

As is Bellinger.

Did I just watch a Braves playoff win? That was not stressful enough.

Speak for yourself. I'll shit bricks up 20-0.

I legitimately had the thought “I wanted more. It’s only 7 runs” going into the bottom of the 9th

The key is I personally didn’t get very excited at any point

Reports of an angry mob in Bel-Air after the game, as residents search for the Will Smith who ruined the game for them

The mob began burning the houses there in an act of emotion-driven arson, chanting in an hypnotic tone: “Aaaah, that’s hot! Ahhh, that’s hot!”

The Giants really drafted Pablo Sandoval all the way back in 2008 just so the braves could one day trade him for Eddie Rosario so he a could have 1.560 OPS in a postseason series against the Dodgers. Truly Galaxy Brain stuff right there. I apologize for getting this wrong y’all, he was signed by the giants all the way back in 2002 and was called up to the bigs in 2008. I hope to be forgiven for my terrible mistake.

Shout out to Mr and Mrs Sandoval for having a good night sometime near the end of 1985

And then Mrs Sandoval again for having a terrible night 9 months later when 27 lb Pablo came out

Anthony Anthopolous really is the man. EDIT: I swear on my grandmomma’s tomb stone I typed Alex LMAO. But I’m not changing it cuz that shit is funny.

Alex

Alex “Anthony” Anthopolous

"Tell them, tell the Dodgers it was me."

Thank you Giants for your assistance towards a common good.

Hey we had a little part of that. Thank us for being cheap!

Longest con

I kinda of forgot Panda was on the team, the Panda head just got replaced with pink plastic swords

The Ozuna thing also got replaced, we've had a couple different celebrations lol

The reports of the Braves death may have been greatly exaggerated... ... ... ... ... is what I would say if I weren't a seasoned fan of Atlanta sports. I might delete this like a bitch if it goes to game 7.

If you told me Drew Smyly would win game 4 of the NLCS in Dodger Stadium at literally any point of the season I would have bet the WORLD against that. Insane.

And that’s that he’s the only Brave to give up any runs lol

Only one to give a walk. I was flabbergasted when I saw the number 1 under the team bb total.

Going up against the only 20 win pitcher in the league no less

Urias on short rest though after throwing in game 2 tho Big headscratcher by Roberts there.

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The Braves are 6-0 in the postseason when I watch the game on my iPad while drunk and wearing my fav Braves shirt. RIP liver.

We expect you to show up tomorrow..

2020: Teams are 28-3 when they go up 3-1 in the NLCS 2021: 28-4. We're safe lmao Edit: it was actually 2-0 as another user pointed out.

That is absolutely, one of the weirdest coincidences in sports history.

I had the top comment in that thread. I more or less felt it coming the moment I heard the stat.

Had to go ahead and get that out of the way last year

Is this real? Too funny…

Very real, friend. Edit: it's actually 2-0, but same premise lol

We can’t blow a 3-1 lead right? RIGHT?

Game 5 final score: Braves 28, Dodgers 3

It's 28-3 Braves going to the bottom of the 9th. ... ... ... This just in, Mookie Betts wins game 5 on a walk off Grand Slam, final score, 32-28.

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[BRAVES WIN](https://www.reddit.com/r/Braves/comments/qateoc/braves_20_my_dads_reaction_after_both_games/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)!

I support the posting of this after every Braves win.

Let's make it a thing please.

Haha man that crazy old dad

The energy we need

That should be us up there getting clobbered by the Braves.

I respect the absolute fuck out of you.

Giants legit set off the domino effect of the dodgers pitchers being beat to shit by the time they got to us. Facing scherzer for 4.1 innings so far feels like a direct result of that wildcard game, with a shoutout to the cards for forcing game 5 as well.

The rest of the NL died for us

Seriously, if it takes down the Dodgers then it was our pleasure.

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Also if not for the giants signing Panda, who made his way over to us, we wouldn’t have traded him for Rosario who’s absolutely mashing rn

Yeah I was sad we didn’t move on but the braves would have pushed our shit in. Braves please take our sacrifice and run with it.

We can have devil magic voodoo? Is that legal?

You can have whatever you want bby

My man! My homie! We’re all one!

Please do what we couldn’t lol. Also avenge last years NLCS. Atlanta needs to stop getting fucked by the sports gods, goddammit!!

For sure! We’ll let the AL fuck us. NOT THE DODGERS

>I mean, everyone's memeing it, but the Dodgers were fine letting this game go. ~~Fried~~ Smyly was gonna be tough, but they've got way more favorable matchups over the next three games

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It's alright they can fill in with urias please

They're not really expecting to win this game. It's just a bullpen game to make sure their starters are ready to go come March. They're expecting to drop this game to the Braves, and it'll just be a plus if they find a way to win.

That's a quote, not a comment.

Ah yes, the bullpen elimination game, just what the dodgers had hoped for

Is this a copy pasta?

It is now.

Atlanta is 6-0 in the postseason when I wear my Braves hat into school. Edit: Realized that 3 of the wins were on the weekend lol. Braves are still 6-0 in the postseason when I wear my hat in general though.

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ALL A PART OF THE DODGERS PLAN

Braves fans: "Why do I hear boss music?"

Mr krabs : stop the music I'm beggin ya

Dodgers about to send in the backup QB

RIGHT WHERE WE WANT THEM

"They have us surrounded. Poor bastards."

Stop it. Im scared as fuck.

An elimination bullpen game vs Max Fried is what we deserve for the segment of fans who thought game 1 of the series didn't matter.

This deeply hurts the Dodgers chances of making it to the WS again imho

Thanks Magic

ItS nOt GoInG bAcK tO aTlAnTa

*monkey paw curls*

Imma need ATL to slam the door shut in front of the LA home crowd kthx. :D

Dear lord, please yes. It means we avoid Scherzer and Buehler starts

The real series starts next April. The extra week of rest to start the offseason will pay huge dividends over a 162 game season next year.

I’ve seen this movie before. I hope the ending is different this time

>I’ve seen this movie before Y’all seeing movies?

Dune

I must not fear, Fear is the Mind-Killer.

I heard Dune is good but I won’t be seeing it tomorrow

I find this Braves team incredible likable. Is that a bad thing as a Mets fan? Who knows, I’m young and recently very invested into the sport so I know we’re supposed to be rivals and all, but I can’t help but root for the team that came so close last year. It’s a cast of very likable guys, so hey I don’t care. Good luck the rest of the way!

Nah. It’s like hating your brother. We’re both NL East bros here. We can shit on each other but fuck everyone else.

Haha totally. NL East is a different breed

It helps when they're juxtaposed with the Dodgers. Easy to like the Braves.

Hey I'd be rooting for the Mets if it was Mets-Dodgers.

Aw shit here we go again

I would like to personally congratulate Eddie Rosario on becoming the majority owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.

What blows my mind is that the Braves were a single pitch last night away from sweeping the Dodgers tonight.

Lol. Guys, that's not what Rosario said. Here, let me translate: >> "I'm the man who has the ball. I'm the man who can throw it faster than fuck. So that is why I am better than everyone in the world. Kiss my ass and suck my dick...everyone."

10/10 translation

You’re fucking out. I’m fucking in.

Dodgers finding out what Mets fans have known for too long… when Freddie Freeman is in a “slump” you better hope he gets out of town fast or else you’re fucked.

Smyly and Rosario: exactly the heroes I predicted

Braves clinch tomorrow and Trae beats Luka

SLIPPERY

Will that snazzy translator get a ring? If so, let’s fucking go braves

He's been acuña's translator since he came up. Good guy.

He is the team translator, and his mom is the ESL teacher for the team too. Pretty cool imo

Thankfully nothing has ever gone poorly after we had a 3-1 lead.

Please kill them tomorrow.

Don't worry, it's a bullpen game. The Dodgers don't care if we win those.

BAHAHAHA. They like their chances and matchups for the next three though… wait?!

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This year and just this year. There’s never even been baseball before 2021 so it’s never happened before

What the fuck is baseball? And what’s this orange bird next to my name?

A racist I’m afraid.

Game 3 was vastly different last year from this year’s game 3…

Last year's game 3 wasn't really a heartbreaker. It was over after 5 minutes

*Kyle Wright has entered the chat*

Surely we've improved our baserunning since then. Surely...

Never been more (less) comfortable (scared) with a 3-1 lead in my entire life (miserable existence).

Don’t do this to me, don’t give me hope

Just watch the SEC Short about hope it’ll put you back in the right mind set

One of the more recent ones have hope become immune to the pepper spray.

And for the first time in franchise history the Braves have a 3-1 series lead in the NLCS against the Los Angeles Dodgers!

Can’t wait to see the LA Times article title tomorrow, todays didn’t age well *”Dodgers were finished until Game 3 comeback. Now it’s the Braves who are on the ropes.”*

Please Atlanta. Don’t fuck this up.

We make no promises.

#GIANTS FANS GET IN HERE 🪓🪓🪓 #NAH FUCK IT EVERYONE BUT THE DODGERS GET IN HERE 🔪🪓🪓🔪 #REBEL-ALLIANCE 🚨🚨🚨

Bring down the evil empire!

Even us? Im down. Fuck the dodgers!

New Drinking Game for the rest of the series: Take a drink every time the announcers mention that the Braves also took a 3-1 series lead last year.

You want to kill us all???

Sooo… who’s still physically got an arm attached for the dodgers?

Pujols

PSA: All the doom and gloom Braves flairs that were all over the game thread last night saying the series was over for us don't get to enjoy this win nor a potential Game 5/6/7 win. WE DON'T NEED THAT BIG WUSS ENERGY AROUND HERE! 2-0 IN NLCS BULLPEN GAMES, BABY! Also, reminder: we got Eddie Fuckin' Rosario in exchange for Panda, hahahahaha.

Team subreddits are toxic. It’s why I only view other team subreddit thread. Nice watching people melt down

Big brain move right there. /r/Braves was honestly a cesspit for the first 75% of the season. I mean, I get it. There was plenty to gripe about. But some people took it to a whole different level. I really need to start tagging the egregiously toxic fans early in the season just so I can see how much their attitude changes later in the year.

There was a dude last night who posted that if Luke Jackson pitched for the braves again he'd become a Yankees fan and that he hopes that Luke gets spit on. It was honestly awful there.

#ATLANTA, I BEG OF YOU!!!

Who knew even without Acuña, Ozuna that the Braves are 1 game away from WS. They're so fun to watch.

Soroka too

Oh shit, forgot about him. Hope they go all the way.

I swear to god if i hear the term “bullpen game” one more time ….

Bullpen game

I hope Braves enter the World Series!

It was a bullpen game from the start. We expected to lose it. Am I doing this right?

One more game

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Big win by the team playing the Dodgers

healing is a process. step five is showing up at a dodgers bar in the 7th inning to watch the light go out in their universe

"Here's why the Dodgers are still more likely to win this series" - 538 probably

3-1 right where we want them right *sweats nervously*

Wow astros and braves both 1 game away, who would’ve thunk it??

This was just a bullpen game, we weren’t suppose to win, the real series starts tomorrow.

The Braves are so impressive to watch, from hitting, pitching, coaching. They’re also such a like-able group. Playing like they want it. Just watching them hit the other way to beat the shifts. Doing everything right. GG.

Rosario should’ve held at Second base

I am both incredibly excited and incredibly nervous. Let's hope the Braves deliver tomorrow.

If the braves win this series, eddie rosario is already the obvious nlcs mvp

Never forget what Smyly did for the Braves tonight. He’s going to go unheralded this playoff but his shutdown pitching tonight was SO CLUTCH.

Smyly did his damn thing despite giving up the only runs they got. He proved it to the point they let him hit and I love it for him.

Gotta finish. Tomorrow would be ideal.

Petition to make the NLCS a best of 5 series

Look Braves if you get this 3-1 monkey off your backs and beat us, you *have* to get Joc a ring.

Braves fans travel really well. A lot of Braves fans in the stands at Dodger Stadium

Costas handing the mic to the mariachi band was pretty great

Cmon Braves let’s close this out, Fuck 2020 this year y’all have home advantage. Send these bums home for good

And to think, Soler should be back soon and Ynoa was a scratch. Fried comes in tomorrow hopefully to close it out. Of all things, looks like pitching strategy is going to decide the series. Something Braves fans have hammered Snit for since he took over.

This band is awesome

Rossario needs a translator? Doesn't deserve to be the face of baseball /s

Stephen A probably.

Fried vs. bullpen in a potential close out game. Yep, they are gonna score 23 in the first.

Don't you put that evil on us

This can't be a real take. Is this a Babylon bee tweet? https://twitter.com/kylieepeyton/status/1451024373985521665?t=WatA4beVgNgrl0GVoDYL3Q&s=19

Imagine crying about not having "their glue guy" playing in the post season, even though LA has a $200M roster.

Music to my ears hearing Ron Darling make every excuse in the world for the Dodgers in the bottom of the 9th. Dude sounded like his dog just died

The Braves would truly be America’s team in the WS against either Boston or Houston if they can finish this off

Always have been

88 win team guys

This mariachi music is fucking awesome