The Atlanta Braves are one win away from a World Series berth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are on the verge of another very disappointing playoff exit. Atlanta throttled the Dodgers 10-2 in Game 4 to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. The Braves broke the game wide open with a sixth-run sixth inning, and Marcell Ozuna put together a monster night at the plate.
Ozuna crushed two home runs, with his first dinger of the game coming off Clayton Kershaw to tie the game 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth.
Marcell Ozuna crushes a dinger off Clayton Kershaw to tie the game. 💣 pic.twitter.com/VeJkObg3h6
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) October 16, 2020
That remained the score until the bottom of the sixth, when the Braves knocked around Kershaw and the Los Angeles bullpen.
Marcell Ozuna makes it back-to-back doubles to give the Braves a 3-1 lead.
This ends Clayton Kershaw's night… but will certainly not end the postseason narratives when it comes to the left-hander. pic.twitter.com/Kavk0FL8GX
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) October 16, 2020
Braves have the carousel going on offense. 6-1 as this inning keeps going for who knows how long. pic.twitter.com/rXP5l5YHXU
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) October 16, 2020
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In the seventh inning, Ozuna blasted his second dinger of the game.
Marcell Ozuna crushes it to dead center for his 2nd homer of the game. It's 8-2 Braves. pic.twitter.com/JZLO1uvgSk
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) October 16, 2020
And in the ninth, Ozuna drove in the Braves’ 10th run on the night with a single, giving him four hits and four runs batted in.
4 hits (2 HR) and 4 RBI for Marcell Ozuna. What a night. pic.twitter.com/y5wuT6JpeX
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) October 16, 2020
Marcell Ozuna is the first player in #Braves history to have at least four hits and four RBI in a postseason game.#MixItUp pic.twitter.com/27QWhzpyvP
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) October 16, 2020
Entering the postseason, the juggernaut Dodgers were clear World Series favorites, and heavy NL favorites. But if they can’t win three consecutive games, they will have left the postseason without a title for the eighth straight year. And with quite possibly their best roster during this entire run, following the acquisition of Mookie Betts.
The Braves will try to put an end to this series Friday in Game 5, and if they can do that, it will be their first NL pennant since 1999.
