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Battery Power: Dodgers offense erupts, pushing NLCS back to Atlanta

L.A. jumped on Max Fried early in piling up five home runs in a 16-hit night in Game 5

By Cory McCartney
National League Championship Series Game 5: Atlanta Braves v. Los Angeles Dodgers
Max Fried lasted 4 2⁄3 innings, giving up five runs for the first time since July 5, and he gave up two home runs, the second time he’d done so since June 12. 
Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images

... and the Braves are still one win away from the World Series.

The National League Championship Series is headed back to Truist Park as Atlanta lost 11-2 to the Dodgers in Game 5 Thursday night.

Grant McAuley and Cory McCartney discuss Max Fried’s struggles, which included an uncharacteristically high number of hard-hit balls, the few positives coming from Freddie Freeman and Eddie Rosario, and preview the Game 6 pitching matchup of Ian Anderson vs. Max Scherzer.

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