STAY ALIVE GAME SERIES

STAY ALIVE GAME SERIES

He had two hits in the NL Division Series against San Francisco. He notched two singles for his third and fourth hits of the postseason in his second start. The 41-year-old slugger got on base three times, including a walk, and scored twice on TaylorвЂ™s homers. The versatile veteran had an opportunity to match the major league mark of four home runs in a game, but struck out swinging to end the eighth.ДЄlbert Pujols wasnвЂ™t just hugging, he was hitting, too. вЂњI never look cool doing anything,вЂќ Taylor said.

Taylor homered again in the seventh, taking Dylan Lee out to left-center before coming out of the dugout for a curtain call. He went deep in the fifth, sending an 0-2 pitch from Chris Martin to center field and extending the lead to 6-2. Taylor had an RBI single in the third to make it 4-2. вЂњFirst time IвЂ™ve ever done it,вЂќ Taylor said. KikГ© HernГЎndez also did it in Game 5 of the 2017 NLCS against the Chicago Cubs. Starting at third base in place of injured Justin Turner, Taylor became the second Dodgers player with a three-homer game in the postseason. Pollock hit a tying homer and Taylor drove the first pitch he saw to left field, putting Los Angeles in front for good, 3-2. The wild-card Dodgers got to Fried with four consecutive hits in the second. They finished with 17, a club record for a postseason game, and also equaled a postseason franchise mark with five home runs. Game 6 is Saturday back in Atlanta, where the Braves get two more chances to clinch their first trip to the World Series since 1999.ДЄfter mustering just four hits during a 9-2 loss in Game 4 that pushed them to the brink of elimination, the desperate Dodgers rapped out eight hits by the third inning off Max Fried.

They also trailed 0-2 and 1-3 against Atlanta in the NLCS last year before rallying to win three straight at a neutral site in Texas.

Chris Taylor hit three homers and drove in six runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers broke loose at the plate to beat Atlanta 11-2 on Thursday, cutting the BravesвЂ™ lead to 3-2 in the best-of-seven NL Championship Series.ДЄJ Pollock had two home runs and four RBIs for the defending champion Dodgers, who have won seven straight postseason elimination games dating to last season.

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