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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-10-07 · by Charles Odum The Associated Press
Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched brilliantly for the Los Angeles Dodgers, striking out 10 and allowing only four hits as they defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night. Kiké Hernández and Freddie Freeman hit home runs to secure the win in Game 3 of their NL Division Series, giving the Dodgers a 2-1 series lead. Yamamoto improved his career postseason record to 8-1 with a 2.14 ERA, while Chris Sale struggled despite extra rest, allowing three runs in five innings.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-07,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Chris Sale faced Yoshinobu Yamamoto in Game 3 of the NLDS at Truist Park. The Dodgers made significant lineup changes, dropping Shohei Ohtani to the fifth spot and moving Freddie Freeman up to second. In the fourth inning, Kiké Hernández hit a two-run homer off Sale, followed by Freeman's solo shot, giving the Dodgers a 3-0 lead. Despite Sale's strong regular season finish (1.96 ERA over final 24 starts), he struggled in this game, allowing three runs on two homers in four innings. The Dodgers' adjustments to their lineup appeared effective against the left-handed ace.**
Freeman and Hernández continued their October dominance with clutch hits off Sale, highlighting the importance of strategic batting order changes by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts for this crucial matchup.
Written for “Braves Dodgers Nlds Game 3” on 2026-10-07,
grounded in this article and the 10 other(s) covering the same event.
ATLANTA (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 in seven brilliant innings, Kiké Hernández hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in their NL Division Series.
asserted
Dodgers → strike → Series
Yamamoto dominated the much-anticipated matchup with Atlanta ace Chris Sale, who allowed three runs and seven hits in five innings.
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who → dominate → innings
Yamamoto, the MVP of the 2025 World Series, permitted only four hits with one walk while improving to 8-1 with a 2.14 ERA in 11 career postseason outings, including 10 starts.
asserted
Yamamoto → permit → starts
The Dodgers can win the best-of-five series and take another step in their attempt to become the first National League team to win three consecutive World Series titles by beating the Braves again Wednesday night in Game 4.
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Dodgers → win → Game
The Braves hoped giving Sale extra rest would be a winning formula in the pivotal third game.
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giving → hop → game
Instead, after stranding six runners in the first three innings, he gave up the two-run homer to Hernández and a solo shot to former Braves star Freddie Freeman in the fourth.
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he → strand → fourth
Ozzie Albies opened the Atlanta ninth with a double off the right-center wall against Edwin Díaz and moved to third on Michael Harris II’s groundout.
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Albies → open → groundout
Díaz stranded the runner when Mauricio Dubón fouled out to right field and Mike Yastrzemski grounded out to shortstop Mookie Betts.
asserted
Yastrzemski → strand → Betts
Dubón made a leaping catch over the left-field wall to rob Freeman of a home run in the third.
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Dubón → make → third
Freeman wouldn’t be denied an inning later.
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Freeman → deny → ?
Hernández’s homer to left drove in Andy Pages, who singled.
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who → drive → Pages
One out later, Freeman pulled his 18th career postseason homer to right field for a 3-0 lead.
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Freeman → pull → lead
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts moved designated hitter Shohei Ohtani down to No. 5 in the lineup because Ohtani was 3 for 15 in his career against Sale.
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Ohtani → move → Sale
Ohtani went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts against Sale when the Dodgers lost 1-0 on Aug. 26 in Atlanta.
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Dodgers → go → Atlanta
Roberts correctly predicted Ohtani would have opportunities with runners on base hitting lower in the order.
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runners → predict → order
With runners on first and second in the first, Sale struck out Ohtani to end the inning.
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Sale → strike → inning
With two runners on base in the third, Ohtani reached on catcher’s interference by Drake Baldwin to load the bases before Miguel Rojas ended the inning with a flyball to right field.
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Rojas → reach → field
Ohtani walked to lead off the eighth against Brent Suter, Atlanta’s fourth pitcher.
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Ohtani → walk → Suter
Baldwin’s bases-loaded grounder to first base drove in Dubón, who singled, in the fifth for Atlanta’s only run.
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who → load → run
Rojas left during an at-bat in the eighth.
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Rojas → leave → eighth
The second baseman appeared to injure his back on a swing and was replaced by Tommy Edman.
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baseman → appear → Edman
The Dodgers announced the injury as lower back pain.
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Dodgers → announce → pain
Tanner Scott added two strikeouts in a scoreless eighth for Los Angeles.
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Scott → add → Angeles
Up next
Braves right-hander Tyler Mahle is expected to face Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow in Game 4 on Wednesday night.
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Mahle → expect → night
Mahle said Tuesday an abdominal pull is now a “non-issue.”
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pull → say → ?
He felt the pull before allowing one run in seven innings of a 4-3 loss to Philadelphia in 10 innings during the NL Wild Card Series last week.
asserted
He → feel → Series
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