Has a Sleeping Giant been woken up?

When the night was its darkest and most bleak, the bats finally came howling, but evidently fell short. The Title Dodgers once again came up short in the face of another Atlanta explosion at the plate, but not without a fight in the 9th inning.

The middle innings were dominated by the Braves, taking over that transition between the Dodger's starter, Mr. Cats, and the suspect BULLPEN that I keep talking about. I'm not sure if they have what it takes to stop the bleeding with anyone on the bump, especially with Julio Urias getting the ball tonight, who I have personally seen get overwhelmed in the playoffs.

Those bats sure did make it close in the 9th. The one good trend that I see is that every batter for LA got a hit last night. This is good, as with the momentum generated via "seeing the ball go through the hoop", I believe more offense will be generated in this pivotal Game 3. But I can't stress enough how much that all depends on the Dodgers pitching staff.

The Bravos are hitting piss missiles left and right. Ozzie Albies is using the 9th inning as a target practice with his best friend Melancon in the bullpen, missing the mark by about 30 feet to the right last night compared to his perfect placement on the bullpen mound in Game 1. Will he make it a 3-peat? Would that be the most incredible/impressive thing to happen in three consecutive baseball games, and amplified into a playoff series? I certainly think so.

In my personal opinion, lining up to my regional semi-loyalty, I hope that monumental homer comes in an act of desperation with the Dodgers ahead at the end. I would like to see a series.