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Manny Machado, Dodgers Advance to NLCS After Beating Braves to Win Series 3-1

The Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the National League Championship Series for the third straight season after defeating the Atlanta Braves 6-2 on Monday at SunTrust Park in the 2018 MLB playoffs.

Rich Hill got the start for Los Angeles and allowed two runs in 4.1 innings of work.

With the Braves leading 2-1, David Freese put the Dodgers ahead with a two-run single in the top of the sixth. An inning later, Manny Machado tacked three more runs on the board with a homer off Braves reliever Chad Sobotka.

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