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Atlanta Braves fans gather at The Battery Atlanta outside Truist Park ahead of a deciding, winner-take-all Game 3 NL Wild Card Series matchup against the Philadelphia Phillies on October 1, 2026. (FOX 5 Atlanta) <\/p>\n
ATLANTA – The Braves return to Truist Park on Tuesday looking to turn a Game 2 victory into a series lead against the Los Angeles Dodgers.<\/p>\n
PREVIOUS STORY: Braves-Dodgers NLDS Game 2: Michael Harris II powers Atlanta past Los Angeles<\/a><\/p>\n What we know:<\/p>\n Atlanta\u2019s 3-2 win Sunday evened the best-of-five National League Division Series at one game apiece. With the next two games at home, the Braves have an opportunity to clinch the series in front of their fans.<\/p>\n The Dodgers won the opener, but Atlanta answered in Game 2 to bring the series back to Truist Park tied.<\/p>\n Chris Sale gets the start <\/p>\n Chris Sale will take the mound for the Braves, who used 10 relievers for a combined 17 innings through the first two games.<\/p>\n Sale told FOX 5 Atlanta he is taking nothing for granted against Los Angeles, emphasizing how quickly a team\u2019s position can change in the postseason.<\/p>\n “So I got too much respect for those guys on the other side,” Sale said.<\/p>\n A strong outing from Sale could help ease the workload on Atlanta\u2019s bullpen as the Braves try to move within one win of advancing.<\/p>\n PREVIOUS STORY: Braves fall to Dodgers 5-3 in heat-soaked NLDS Game 1<\/a><\/p>\n Fans prepare for October baseball <\/p>\n Excitement is building as the series shifts to Atlanta, with fans eager to welcome the National League East champions home.<\/p>\n A block party at The Battery Atlanta is scheduled to begin around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Gates at Truist Park open at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n Standing-room-only tickets were listed at about $100 each early Tuesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fans can also expect comfortable baseball weather, with mostly clear skies and temperatures in the low to mid-70s at first pitch, falling through the 60s as the game continues.<\/p>\n Atlanta Braves<\/a>Sports<\/a>Atlanta<\/a>MLB<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Atlanta Braves fans gather at The Battery Atlanta outside Truist Park ahead of a deciding, winner-take-all Game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2406],"tags":[191,5,192,39,7085,1165,4332,4333,774,57,3224,4331,4,169,185,609],"class_list":["post-822879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-atlanta","tag-baseball","tag-braves","tag-dodgers","tag-ga","tag-la","tag-la-dodgers","tag-ladodgers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-dodgers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesdodgers","tag-mlb","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/117393740797517709","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}