Chris Taylor, Dodgers Beat Braves

Chris Taylor homered three times, becoming the first player in MLB history to do so in a potential elimination game, as the Los Angeles Dodgers prevailed in Game 5 of the NLCS on Thursday. With their 11-2 blowout win over the Braves at home, the Dodgers cut their deficit in the best-of-seven series to three games to two and forced a Game 6 back in Atlanta on Saturday.
Atlanta barged to an early 2-0 lead in Game 5 with a first-inning home run by Freddie Freeman off "opener" Joe Kelly. Kelly was forced from the game shortly after because of biceps tightness. That Braves lead, however, was short-lived. In the second, A.J. Pollock and Taylor each homered off Atlanta ace Max Fried to give the hosts a 3-2 lead. Taylor drove in another run in the third, and then in the fifth he hit his second two-run home run of Game 5. In the seventh, Taylor became just the 11th player ever to homer three times in a postseason game.
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