NLDS Game 3 winners and losers: Dodgers slug their way to series lead; Chris Sale good but not good enough

The 2026 Major League Baseball postseason continued on Tuesday with a pair of NLDS Game 3s.

In the early game, the Atlanta Braves hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers for what figures to be a pivotal game in the best-of-five series. The Braves' win in Game 2 evened the series at 1-1 and gave them home-field advantage the rest of the way. As well, the Braves had ace Chris Sale starting on full rest for Game 3 against Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

In the nightcap, the Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres will go at it in Petco Park. With the Brewers up 2-0 in the series after a pair of white-knuckled contests in Milwaukee, the Padres find themselves in an elimination game and tasked with winning three games in a row over the best team in baseball in order to advance to the NLCS.

Here are the final scores and schedule for Tuesday's crucial action:

To sum up all the NLDS Game 3 action, we're here to declare a winner and loser from each of the two Tuesday contests. You can find those declarations just below.

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