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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts homered and drove successful 3 runs, Will Smith besides went deep and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-2 connected Tuesday nighttime to unit a decisive Game 5 successful their NL Division Series.
The 107-win Giants big the 106-win Dodgers connected Thursday night, with the victor advancing to look Atlanta successful the NL Championship Series. The Braves eliminated Milwaukee earlier Tuesday.
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San Francisco won the NL West by 1 crippled implicit the Dodgers successful an historical contention that went down to the last time of the regular season. Now, these storied rivals are acceptable for a winner-take-all showdown.
“I deliberation it’s lone fitting,” Los Angeles ace Walker Buehler said.
The wild-card Dodgers managed conscionable 5 hits during a 1-0 nonaccomplishment successful Game 3 — the 2nd clip they were unopen retired successful this bid — to enactment the defending World Series champs connected the brink of elimination. Los Angeles had that galore by the 2nd inning Tuesday and pounded retired 12 successful each to backmost a little but effectual outing from Buehler connected 3 days’ rest.
Buehler went to manager Dave Roberts arsenic aboriginal arsenic the Dodgers’ 9-2 triumph successful Game 2 and said helium wanted the shot successful Game 4 to commencement connected abbreviated remainder for the archetypal clip successful his career. The right-hander allowed 1 tally and 3 hits successful 4 1/3 innings. He struck retired 4 and walked 2 connected 71 pitches.
“I really felt great,” Buehler said. “Probably the champion I person successful the 2nd fractional of the year. We’ll spot however I consciousness tomorrow, but for contiguous I felt beauteous good.”
After giving up a leadoff azygous to Evan Longoria and walking pinch-hitter Steven Duggar, Buehler exited to a lasting ovation from 52,935 bluish towel-waving fans.
The Dodgers chased starter Anthony DeSclafani successful the second. He gave up 2 runs and 5 hits and struck retired two.
The Giants ran done six pitchers by the fifth, leaving them with conscionable 3 relievers. By the seventh, lone backup catcher Curt Casali was disposable disconnected the seat and helium pinch-hit successful the eighth.
The biting, dependable upwind that prevailed passim Game 3 was gone, leaving conscionable a flimsy breeze to ruffle the center-field flags.
Smith deed a two-run homer to halfway successful the eighth, extending the pb to 7-2.
Betts homered successful the fourth, and his bases-loaded sacrifice alert scored Cody Bellinger successful the 5th for a 5-1 lead.
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The Giants’ runs came successful the apical of the 5th connected Darin Ruf’s RBI groundout disconnected Joe Kelly, and Kris Bryant’s RBI groundout in the eighth. All-Star catcher Buster Posey, a vocation .257 hitter successful the postseason, went 0 for 4.
Buehler was harmless astatine archetypal starring disconnected the 4th erstwhile his changeable went disconnected reliever Jarlin Garcia’s limb for an error. Betts followed with a two-run homer to the right-field pavilion, extending the pb to 4-0.
The Dodgers got connected the committee successful the archetypal with NL batting champion Trea Turner’s RBI treble to right-center that rolled to the wall, scoring Corey Seager, who singled.
Chris Taylor’s sacrifice alert made it 2-0 successful the second.
San Francisco had runners astatine the corners successful the 2nd connected consecutive one-out singles by Bryant and LaMonte Wade Jr. But Buehler got retired of the jam, retiring Longoria connected a swinging onslaught and Mike Yastrzemski connected a liner to second.
Last postseason, the Dodgers went 3-0 successful elimination games, rallying from a 3-1 shortage to bushed Atlanta successful the NLCS.
LIGHTNING FAST
Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol pitched the sixth, erstwhile six of his 7 pitches clocked 101 mph oregon better. He retired 3 of 4 batters, with lone Bryant reaching connected an infield azygous to first. Graterol retired Posey, pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores and Longoria connected groundouts.
DELAY
The crippled was delayed concisely to commencement the eighth erstwhile a instrumentality ended up connected the informing way successful the right-field corner. Multiple information guards pounced connected the intruder, who was handcuffed and escorted off.
UP NEXT
Giants: RHP Logan Webb starts Game 5 connected Thursday. He dominated the Dodgers successful the bid opener, striking retired 10 implicit 7 2/3 innings to bushed Buehler 4-0.
Dodgers: LHP Julio Urías starts the winner-take-all game. The majors’ lone 20-game victor this play led MLB with an .870 winning percent and past pitched Los Angeles to a 9-2 triumph successful Game 2.
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