LOS ANGELES—Dodgers Chris Taylor is the first to hit three postseason home runs in an elimination game. It’s only happened 11 other times that three home runs were hit in a postseason game. Taylor had a total of four hits and drove in six runs in Thursday’s Game 5 of the NLCS. The Dodgers fans had not seen much of the high-powered offense of the Dodgers in the postseason. But the over 51,000 faithful were treated with a sensational 11 runs from 17 hits. The offense was needed early to recover from Dodgers pitcher, Joe Kelly, giving up a two-run homer in the first inning to Freddie Freeman, with Ozzie Albies on first. As a relief pitcher, Kelly started the “bullpen” game, piecing together relief pitchers to work the entire game to allow the usual four starters to have much needed rest in between starts. Kelly was soon relieved with …
Dodgers Overwhelm Braves 11-2 With Taylor’s Historic 3 Homers Staving Off Elimination
October 22, 2021
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