Rays and Braves keep Dodgers and Astros winless in LCS

The big news of the day Tuesday was Clayton Kershaw’s back injury that led to Tony Gonsolin starting in his place. Kershaw will reportedly pitch game 4 instead.

But for Tribe fans, it was another day of wondering how hateable the offseason is going to be.

Anyways...

Braves 8, Dodgers 7

• Atlanta had a 7-0 lead in this 712-hour game.

• As Atlanta is familiar with, that big lead shrunk.

• Eventually, Mark Melancon put an end to the madness, inducing an AJ Pollock groundout for the 8-7 victory.

• Atlanta now leads this series 2 games to 0.

Rays 5, Astros 2

• A Joey Wendle/Yandy Diaz-infused rally turned a 1-0 Houston lead into a 5-1 Tampa Bay lead in the 6th.

• Back-to-back Rays were hit by pitches in that inning, 4 weeks to the day after the Indians lost in that fashion.

• Keeping with the Wendle/Diaz theme, Michael Brantley homered in the bottom of the 6th. He doesn’t usually hit them to LF.

• Jose Altuve’s case of the yips continued.

• The Rays lead the series 3-0.