A three-run inning settled the last Braves–Dodgers meeting, but the rematch may turn on what happens after the first scoring burst. Atlanta scored once in reply and then went quiet; in the game before that, the Braves spread their runs across three innings and held on when Los Angeles scored late. I’m watching whether either lineup can keep passing the baton after its first breakthrough, because one big frame has not been the only way these teams have threatened each other.
The provisional game records show the Dodgers scoring all three of their runs in the fourth inning of the latest meeting, with Atlanta’s lone run coming in the fifth. In the previous meeting, Atlanta scored in the first, fifth and seventh; Los Angeles scored in the fourth and ninth. That sequence makes the response to an early lead more interesting to me than the result of either game alone.
