
Oct 29, 2021; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud (16) celebrates his home run against the Houston Astros with right fielder Joc Pederson (22) during the eighth inning during game three of the 2021 World Series at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
The Atlanta Braves rallied with consecutive solo shots in the seventh inning to take a 3-2 lead and an eventual 3-1 series lead over the Houston Astros.
Zack Greinke faced off against Dylan Lee in Atlanta.
The Astros started off right away with an RBI groundout by Carlos Correa which scored Jose Altuve in the first. Altuve followed up with a solo home run in the fourth to make it a 2-0 ballgame. Lee faced four batters in 1/3 of an inning and gave up two hits and one walk.
Kyle Wright relived Lee who got things together with four and 2/3 innings. He allowed five hits, struck out three, and allowed one run, a solo home run by Jose Altuve. Altuve surpassed Bernie Williams for the second-most postseason home runs all-time with 23. He only trails Manny Ramirez who leads with 29.
ALTUVE HAS DONE IT AGAIN!
He crushes a solo shot to dead center to make it 2-0 @astros! pic.twitter.com/mMVmFOku5i
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 31, 2021
Chris Martin came in the sixth to relieve Wright and gave up one hit to Michael Brantley. Alex Bregman grounded out to end the inning.
Things went rather smoothly for Houston until the seventh. Greinke went four scoreless innings, giving up four hits, three strikeouts. . Ryne Stanek pitched a perfect fifth inning, which saw him striking out Dansby Swanson.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, things began to look up for Atlanta. With one out, NLCS MVP Eddie Rosario hit a double, which was followed up by a Freddie Freeman. With two outs, Austin Riley singled in Rosario to cut the Astros’ lead down to 2-1.
In the bottom of the seventh Dansby Swanson hit a game-tying solo home run off of Cristian Javier to tie things at two. The next batter, Jorge Soler, followed up with a pinch-hit home run to untie the game and give Atlanta a 3-2 lead in the seventh. Freeman struck out to end the inning.
Flash forward to the ninth inning and the Braves brought in Will Smith to try to take a 3-1 lead in the series. Smith was able to get a 1-2-3 inning to win it 3-2 for the Braves.
Game 5 can be seen Sunday night at 8:15 PM on Fox, as the Braves look to capture their first championship since 1995.





