The Atlanta Braves got mad and destroyed the Nationals over the final three innings on Saturday. There’s probably a Bruce Banner quote that’s applicable here somewhere, but we’ll gloss over that for today.
This shellacking didn’t eliminate the Nats, but it did put the Braves into the post-season.
This doesn’t have anything (much) to do with Atlanta’s ‘magic number’ (which now stands at four), but it does have something to do with the schedules of everyone else still involved.
The Dodgers are already in as winners of the NL West.