NLCS Game 3: Morton Starts For Braves From Los Angeles

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves take their two-game National League Championship Series lead to Los Angeles Tuesday evening where the Dodgers will face a ghost from pitchers past.

The Dodgers will play host to an Atlanta team they rallied from three games down to beat in the 2020 NLCS, going on to win the World Series.

But the Braves are up in the series 2-0, after a pair of dramatic late comebacks punctuated by walk-off RBIs at Truist Park in Atlanta over the weekend.

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Charlie Morton will start on the mound for the Braves and brings with him a powerful right hand and a history of closing out L.A. for the Houston Astros in the 2017 World Series.

That still haunts Dodger skipper Dave Roberts.

“I try to forget it, but I remember,” Roberts told mlb.com Braves reporter Mark Bowman.

Morton has seven wins to four losses on the season, but no wins this postseason. He looks to change that record Tuesday night.

Game 3 of the NLCS starts Tuesday from L.A. at 5:08 p.m., EST. It will be broadcast beginning at 5 p.m. on TBS and via radio at 680 The Fan, and can be streamed live on Hulu Live or YouTube TV with a subscription.

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