Atlanta Braves beat Los Angeles Dodgers to reach World Series against Houston Astros

              

The Atlanta Braves have returned to the World Series for the first time since 1999, after overcoming the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series.

Eddie Rosario's three-run homer in the fourth inning of game six at Truist Park proved decisive as the hosts won 4-2 to end the Dodgers' dreams of back-to-back World Series titles.

Atlanta will now face the Houston Astros in the "Fall Classic", also over seven games - starting on Tuesday, with the first two games in Houston.

The Braves were a dominant National League team in the 1990s and early 2000s, but only had one World Series title - in 1995 - to show for that spell.

However, they have won the NL East division for the past four seasons, and finally gained revenge over the Dodgers who had beaten them in the postseason in 2018 and 2020.