Braves beat Phillies in decisive Game 3, advance to NLDS
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Michael Harris II hit a three-run homer in the first inning as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Thursday night in the decisive third game of their National League Wild Card Series.
Harris connected after Aaron Nola walked Ronald Acuña Jr. and Matt Olson with one out. Nola was removed after allowing three runs in 1 2/3 innings. Ozzie Albies extended Atlanta’s lead to 5-0 with a two-run homer off Zack Wheeler in the fourth, and Jonathan Bowlan gave up Olson’s solo homer in the seventh.
Braves starter Ray Kerr allowed one hit and one walk over 3 1/3 scoreless innings in his postseason debut and fourth career start. Grant Holmes followed him and allowed one run in two innings to earn the win. Chris Sale recorded the final four outs, striking out Bryce Harper to end the eighth before closing the game in the ninth.
The victory gave Atlanta its first postseason series win since its 2021 World Series championship and its first playoff series victory over Philadelphia. The Phillies had beaten the Braves in the 1993 National League Championship Series and the 2022 and 2023 division series.
Atlanta advances to a best-of-five National League Division Series against the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
HOW THIS STORY WAS MADE
Written from 8 articles, 1 with the publisher's own text; 7 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 14 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: One sentence incorrectly implies Zack Wheeler allowed Matt Olson’s homer; the source says Jonathan Bowlan did. - "Ozzie Albies extended Atlanta’s lead to 5-0 with a two-run homer off Zack Wheeler in the fourth, and Olson added a solo homer in the seventh.": The source says Jonathan Bowlan, not Zack Wheeler, gave up Olson’s seventh-inning homer, so the sentence can mislead by tying both homers to Wheeler.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
Braves beat Phillies in decisive Game 3, advance to NLDS
Michael Harris II hit a three-run homer in the first inning as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Thursday night in the decisive third game of their National League Wild Card Series.
Harris connected after Aaron Nola walked Ronald Acuña Jr. and Matt Olson with one out. Nola was removed after allowing three runs in 1 2/3 innings. Ozzie Albies extended Atlanta’s lead to 5-0 with a two-run homer off Zack Wheeler in the fourth, and OlsonJonathan addedBowlan agave up Olson’s solo homer in the seventh.
Braves starter Ray Kerr allowed one hit and one walk over 3 1/3 scoreless innings in his postseason debut and fourth career start. Grant Holmes followed him and allowed one run in two innings to earn the win. Chris Sale recorded the final four outs, striking out Bryce Harper to end the eighth before closing the game in the ninth.
The victory gave Atlanta its first postseason series win since its 2021 World Series championship and its first playoff series victory over Philadelphia. The Phillies had beaten the Braves in the 1993 National League Championship Series and the 2022 and 2023 division series.
Atlanta advances to a best-of-five National League Division Series against the two-time defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
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