The Atlanta Braves qualified for the World Series for the first time since 1999, booking a game against the Houston Astros.
Key points:
- The Braves won the National League Championship Series 4-2
- Eddie Rosario played for the Braves in their Game 6 win over the Dodgers
- The Braves last won a World Series in 1995
Eddie Rosario capped a remarkable National League Championship Series (NLCS) with a three-run homer in Game 6, as the Braves recorded a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Atlanta.
The Braves won the best-of-seven series four-to-two, exorcising the demons of last year’s NLCS, when they squandered 2-0 and 3-1 leads against the Dodgers, who went on to win the World Series.
The World Series opener is Wednesday (AEDT) in Houston.
The Braves will seek their first World Series title since 1995, when they beat Cleveland
Rosario — acquired in a series of trades just before the July 30 trade deadline that helped rebuild the Braves’ depleted outfield — set a franchise record in Atlanta and became just the fifth player in baseball history to record 14 hits in a postseason.
The Puerto Rican was an easy choice for series MVP.
“Since I was little, I’ve been dreaming of this moment,” Rosario said through an interpreter.
Rosario finished 14 for 25 (.560) against the Dodgers, with three homers and nine RBIs.
“We just couldn’t figure it out,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
The Braves will look to bury their city’s reputation for misery in the postseason.
From four World Series losses in the 1990s to a 28-3 lead by the NFL Falcons in the 2017 Super Bowl, Atlanta once again finds itself on the cusp of an extremely rare feat: a major American sports championship.
The 1995 Braves remain the city’s only team in all four major sports – baseball, football, basketball and ice hockey – to win a title.
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