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Bill Plaschke: Dodgers’ blunders and mistakes makes for major Game 1 letdown vs. Braves

ATLANTA — The image epitomized an opportunity fumbled, a chance lost, a game blown. Chris Taylor, sitting on the dirt between second and third base, helmet in hand, head shaking, frozen in failure. Yep, the Dodgers really messed this one up. In what should have been yet another strong step in their seemingly preordained journey back to the World Series on Saturday, the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

ATLANTA — The image epitomized an opportunity fumbled, a chance lost, a game blown.

Chris Taylor, sitting on the dirt between second and third base, helmet in hand, head shaking, frozen in failure.

Yep, the Dodgers really messed this one up.

In what should have been yet another strong step in their seemingly preordained journey back to the World Series on Saturday, the Los Angeles Dodgers staggered, stumbled and ended up on their backs while staring at somebody else’s party.

The opener of the National League Championship Series featured a trademark Dodgers’ playoff game-winning hit, but this time the bat was swung by the Atlanta Braves’ Austin Riley, who singled home Ozzie Albies from second base with one out in the ninth

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