Chris Taylor fuels Dodgers with three home runs in Game 5 win over Braves

LOS ANGELES — Chris Taylor was late heeding to the roaring crowd’s pleas. The spotlight isn’t for him. The soft-spoken Los Angeles Dodger prefers to sidestep flattery. But pleas from 51,363 people are difficult to ignore, and his teammates urged him to absorb the adulation. Not every day do you hit three home runs in seven innings in a postseason elimination game at Dodger Stadium.

So Taylor eventually emerged from the Dodgers’ dugout for a curtain call, but only halfway, reaching the second step to tip his batting helmet to the mass of jubilant fans grateful for the most important performance of his baseball career Thursday night.

“That was my first one,” Taylor said. “I think anytime you do something cool, when