The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 in Game 4 on 7 October 2026 US time to win the National League Division Series 3-1, as shown on the official MLB bracket and reported by The Guardian.
History. 3 of 4: only Montreal in 1932 lost its first series.
Hunch. Atlanta levelled the series at 1-1 and plays the next two games at home with its best pitcher, Chris Sale, starting Game 3 (ESPN, 4 Oct).
Resolves on the official MLB bracket after the series ends, at the latest on 10 October 2026: YES if the Dodgers win three games against Atlanta first, NO if Atlanta does. If a game is moved, the market resolves on the day the series ends. BBC Sport and The Guardian are the backup.
We looked for cases where a team that had won two championships in a row skipped the first round of the next play-offs and played for a third title. We found no baseball team like this that we could check, so we looked at ice hockey and basketball, which also decide titles in series. We found four, from 1932 to 1978.