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He stranded the pair by striking out Travis d’Arnaud and getting a foul out from Adam Duvall.īraves closer Will Smith was set to try for his second straight save in the ninth, which would give Atlanta a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.ĭansby Swanson and pinch-hitter Jorge Soler connected for back-to-back solo home runs in the bottom of the seventh inning that gave the Atlanta Braves a 3-2 lead over the Houston Astros.Ītlanta is six outs from taking a three games to one lead in the best-of-seven Series and setting up a potential clincher in Game 5 at home Sunday night. Houston’s Ryan Pressly walked Ozzie Albies leading off the bottom of the inning, then hit Joc Pederson with a one-out pitch. Jackson gave Rosario a big hug when they got back to the bench. The NLCS MVP spun around and high-stepped toward the dugout, where teammate Jorge Soler watched with his hands on his head half an inning after delivering a pinch-hit, go-ahead homer. Rosario - who doubled and scored Atlanta’s first run in the seventh - tracked the drive to the warning track and made a reaching, backhanded grab at the wall. Luke Jackson needed 10 pitches to retire pinch-hitter Aledmys Díaz on a lineout and struck out Martín Maldonado to start the eighth inning, then allowed Jose Altuve to hit a ball hard to left field.

Jose Altuve homered and scored both runs for Houston.Įddie Rosario sparked Atlanta’s late comeback with his bat and helped preserve the Braves’ 3-2 lead with his glove.

The Astros missed a lot of chances to score early, and it came back to cost them.