Dodgers beat Braves 4-1 to clinch NLDS

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 in Game 4 on Wednesday, October 7, winning their best-of-five National League Division Series 3-1 and advancing to the National League Championship Series. Andy Pages delivered the decisive hit, driving in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the seventh inning to put Los Angeles ahead. With two outs and a 3-2 count, Pages hit a pitch from reliever Robert Suarez up the middle. Teoscar Hernández and pinch runner Tommy Edman scored, giving the Dodgers a 3-1 lead. The hit broke a 1-1 tie and followed a difficult start to the series for the Los Angeles offense with runners in scoring position. The supplied game accounts describe it as the Dodgers’ first hit in that situation during the series. Los Angeles added an insurance run in the ninth when Max Muncy hit a solo home run. Tyler Glasnow started for the Dodgers and allowed one hit in 4 2/3 innings, while walking five. Four relievers followed; Edgardo Henriquez earned the win after recording five outs, Tanner Scott pitched a scoreless eighth, and Edwin Díaz closed the game for the save. The Dodgers allowed three hits overall. Atlanta scored first in the opening inning.