Eddie Rosario, Braves Walk Off Dodgers to Take 2-0 Lead in the NLCS
By Ben Heisler
![Atlanta Braves outfielder Eddie Rosario delivered Atlanta's second consecutive walk off win in the NLCS over the Los Angeles Dodgers; Atlanta Braves outfielder Eddie Rosario delivered Atlanta's second consecutive walk off win in the NLCS over the Los Angeles Dodgers;](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_4676,h_2630,x_0,y_0/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/426/01fj8qmnvk8zpkp8c8rz.jpg)
The fifth walk off of the MLB postseason has now happened in back-to-back nights for the Atlanta Braves.
After Austin Riley delivered the game-winner in Game 1 off Blake Treinen, Eddie Rosario stepped up to the plate and smoked a Kenley Jansen pitch up the middle to score Dansby Swanson from second base.
HEY BESTIES LET'S WALK IT OFF @MLB | #BattleATL pic.twitter.com/DIRsHbbhfd
— FanSided (@FanSided) October 18, 2021
Atlanta entered the game as underdogs both for Game 2 as well as in the series. Despite the Game 1 win, the Braves were +135 to win the series at WynnBET, with the Dodgers entering at -145. For Game 2, L.A was -165 favorites with their ace, Max Scherzer on the mound. Atlanta came in as +152 underdogs with Ian Anderson making his second start of the postseason.
The Dodgers took two separate two-run leads multiple times in the game in the 1st inning and again in the 7th on a Chris Taylor two-run double, but the Braves responded both times with two-run innings of their own.
They got to Scherzer in the 4th thanks to a two-run home run from Joc Pederson. In the 8th inning, Ozzie Albies drove in the eventual game-winning hero Eddie Rosario with a base hit, and then Riley, the hero from Game 1 did it again as Albies came around to score.
The Braves tie it up in the 8th courtesy of Austin Riley?@MLB | #BattleATL pic.twitter.com/6J0Dies6sF
— FanSided (@FanSided) October 18, 2021
Game 3 of the NLCS is scheduled for 5:07 pm local time (PT) on TBS from Dodger Stadium this Tuesday. Charlie Morton of the Braves will match up against fellow right-hander Walker Buehler.
"How could you not be romantic about f̶o̶o̶t̶b̶a̶l̶l̶ baseball?"?@Braves | #BattleATL pic.twitter.com/mjQmjNfa94
— FanSided (@FanSided) October 18, 2021
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