LEADING OFF: Braves try again to eliminate Dodgers, reach WS

A look at what's happening around the majors on Saturday:

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ATLANTA'S ATTEMPT

Freddie Freeman and the Braves get another chance to earn a trip to the World Series when they host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series.

Atlanta leads the matchup 3-2 after losing Game 5 at Dodger Stadium. The Braves haven’t reached the World Series since 1999.

The Dodgers have won seven straight games when facing postseason elimination. That streak dates to last October when Mookie Betts and his teammates overcame a 3-1 deficit against Atlanta in the NLCS.

Freeman says the Braves must prove they won’t follow the same path to another collapse.

“It seems because every day it’s brought up the last couple days,” the Atlanta star said. “So I don’t think we have a choice until we kill that narrative. We’re up 3-2 and we’re going home. That’s a great position to be in.”

Ian Anderson pitches for the Braves against LA ace Max Scherzer — neither lasted too long in Game 2. Anderson went only three innings in that 5-4 win. Scherzer was pulled after 4 1/3 innings with what he said was a dead arm on two days’ rest after getting his first career save in the Division Series finale at San Francisco.

SUBS ON ORDER

After replacing third baseman Justin Turner (hamstring) with third baseman Andy Burns before Game 5, the Dodgers said they will propose replacing right-hander Joe Kelly (biceps) with left-hander David Price before Game 6. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Friday that Los Angeles also may ask to have left-hander Justin Bruihl (sore arm) replaced.

FEELING AT HOME

A year after the Astros lost last year’s AL Championship Series to Tampa Bay at neutral-site San Diego, manager Dusty Baker was happy to be in Houston with the...

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