"2013: The Dodgers are the first team to clinch a spot in the League Championship Series as they eliminate the Braves with a 5-4 win in Game 4 of the NLDS. Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the eighth, the Dodgers reversed the tide on Juan Uribe's two-run homer off David Carpenter. Carl Crawford hits a pair of solo homers for Los Angeles's other two runs."
"2018: The Braves avoid elimination in the other NLDS with a 6-5 win over the Dodgers in the first postseason game to be played at SunTrust Park. Shut out in the first two games, the Braves put up five runs against Walker Buehler in the second, the big blow being a grand slam by rookie Ronald Acuna. But the Dodgers tied it with two runs in the third and three in the fifth and had the potential go-ahead run thrown out at home in the sixth. Freddie Freeman puts the Braves ahead to stay with a homer off Alex Wood in the bottom of the sixth and Arodys Vizcaino gets a nerve-wracking save when he strikes out three straight batters after putting two men on to start off the ninth."
"2019: The Cardinals also fend off elimination in Game 4 of the NLDS, taking an early 3-1 lead against the Braves on two homers by Marcell Ozuna and one by Paul Goldschmidt. However, Atlanta scores three in the fifth, on an error and a two-run homer by Ozzie Albies, and the score remains 4-3 until a clutch single by Yadier Molina with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. In the 10th, Molina is again the hero, with his sacrifice fly scoring Kolten Wong for a 5-4 Cardinals win."
Key postseason contests were decided by late offense and pitching. In 2013 the Dodgers clinched an LCS berth by beating the Braves 5-4 on Juan Uribe's two-run eighth-inning homer and two Carl Crawford solo homers. In 2018 the Braves avoided elimination 6-5 at SunTrust Park, keyed by Ronald Acuna's grand slam and a Freddie Freeman homer, with Arodys Vizcaino striking out the side for the save. In 2019 the Cardinals beat the Braves 5-4 on two clutch Yadier Molina hits. In 2020 the Braves shut out the Marlins 2-0. In 1917 the White Sox won a Sunday World Series game 7-2. Edgar Martinez hit a tie-breaking grand slam in the eighth in 1995.
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