Dodgers’ World Series aspirations in peril after another walk-off loss to Braves
ATLANTA — A man with a Southern twang sparked the chants from the giant videoboard overlooking Truist Park while the Atlanta Braves swarmed their latest walk-off hero, Eddie Rosario, on the diamond below late Sunday night.
“Eh-ddie! Eh-ddie! Eh-ddie!” the man on the screen shouted, savoring the Braves’ stunning 5-4 win in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series. “That’s two, Braves fans!”
Two, as in two improbable walk-off victories in two nights over the heavily favored Dodgers. Two, as in two losses the Dodgers weren’t supposed to stomach, at least not in succession to begin this final step to the World Series, against a team that won 18 fewer games than them during the regular season.
Two, as in a familiar 2-0 series
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