Dodgers close out Braves in NLDS Game 4 to advance to NLCS

Dodgers finish off Atlanta in four games

The Los Angeles Dodgers eliminated the Atlanta Braves with a 4-1 victory in Game 4 of the National League Division Series at Truist Park on Oct. 7, 2026, sealing a 3-1 series win and booking a return trip to the National League Championship Series. The clincher came after the Dodgers pushed across three runs in the final three innings, the decisive blow a two-run single by center fielder Andy Pages with the bases loaded in the seventh. The win extended Los Angeles' postseason series winning streak to eight consecutive and sent the Dodgers to the NLCS for the eighth time in the last 11 years, a run that includes back-to-back World Series championships and 14 straight playoff appearances.

Pages delivers the series-ending hit

Pages, who entered Game 4 hitless in the first two games of the series and carried a career .123/.165/.210 postseason line, had been dropped from the starting lineup for Games 6 and 7 of the 2025 World Series after a 4-for-51 postseason. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts publicly stood by him before the series shifted to Atlanta. "I'm gonna continue to give Andy leash. I believe in him. I feel that for us to win the World Series this year, we're gonna need him to be an active part of our team," Roberts said. After collecting two hits and a run in Game 3, Pages came through in Game 4 against reliever Robert Suarez, taking two pitches outside the strike zone, fouling off a four-seamer down the middle on a 3-1 count, and lining a single back up the middle. It was the Dodgers' only hit with a runner in scoring position during the series, breaking a 1-1 tie and effectively ending Atlanta's season.

Dodgers' depth and October power carry the series

Los Angeles' offense leaned on the long ball throughout the series, hitting eight home runs in the four games, including three from Max Muncy, whose solo shot in the ninth inning of Game 4 gave closer Edwin Diaz insurance before his second straight save. Through the first three games, the Dodgers had scored all 10 of their runs on seven home runs while going 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position, a pattern that reflected both the Braves' pitching and Los Angeles' streaky contact hitting. Atlanta starter Tyler Mahle, acquired from San Francisco at the trade deadline, held the Dodgers to one run through six innings before the bullpen faltered. The Braves stranded runners throughout Game 4, including several scoring chances created by five walks issued by Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow, but failed to convert in the clutch.

Atlanta's resistance and what comes next

The Braves, who had pushed the Dodgers by winning Game 3 after a three-game wild-card series against Philadelphia, ultimately folded against the Dodgers' superior depth. Roberts framed the challenge ahead in direct terms: "We understand that the job's not done. We have eight more wins. Stay focused. There's no more talented team than the Los Angeles Dodgers. We're smarter, we're better and we're tougher." The Dodgers will now face the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLCS, a rematch of the 2025 NLCS, with the league's final four teams trimmed to five clubs still alive across both leagues as the postseason moves to a maximum of two games per day.