Atlanta Braves (35-25, first in the NL East) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (43-17, first in the NL West)
Arlington, Texas; Monday, 8:08 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Atlanta: Max Fried (7-0, 2.25 ERA in regular season) Los Angeles: Walker Buehler (1-0, 3.44 ERA in regular season)
LINE: Dodgers favored by 1 1/2 runs; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles will host Atlanta in Game 1 of the NLCS.
The Dodgers are 21-9 in home games. Los Angeles has a team batting average of .258 this postseason, Mookie Betts has lead them with an average of .368, including five extra base hits and four RBIs.
The Braves have gone 16-14 away from home. Atlanta has a team slugging percentage of .404 this postseason, Travis d'Arnaud leads them with a mark of .842, including four extra base hits and seven RBIs.
REGULAR SEASON TOP PERFORMERS: Corey Seager leads the Dodgers with 41 RBIs and is batting .307.
Marcell Ozuna leads the Braves with 76 hits and is batting .333.
INJURIES: Dodgers: Jimmy Nelson: (back), Caleb Ferguson: (left elbow).
Braves: Jeremy Walker: (shoulder), Mike Soroka: (achilles), Phil Pfeifer: (elbow).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
