Los Angeles — For the second straight season, the Atlanta Braves had a 2-0 lead on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series.
Once again, the Braves missed their chance to put their big-budget opponents into the deepest of series holes.
And this 6-5 heartbreaker at a raucous Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night probably stung the Braves a whole lot more than last year's 15-3 loss in Game 3.
A blowout is a whole lot easier to shake off than a defeat in which the Braves had a three-run lead with five outs to play but failed to close out their 106-win opponents.