Braves survive, Brewers sweep

Reliever Arodys Vizcaino escaped his own jam in a nervy ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves held off the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 on Sunday night, cutting their deficit in the NL Division Series to 2-1.

Rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a grand slam that helped the Braves build an early 5-0 lead. Atlanta blew that advantage, but Freddie Freeman hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth. Then in the ninth, the Dodgers got runners on first and second with no outs. Vizcaino came back from a 3-0 count to strike out slugger Max Muncy, then fanned Manny Machado on a wild pitch that moved the runners to second and third. Vizcaino fanned a swinging Brian Dozier to end it.

Game 4 was Monday afternoon at Atlanta.

Brewers sweep Rockies: Wade Miley pitched masterfully into the fifth inning before turning it over to a lights-out Milwaukee bullpen, Erik Kratz kept up his torrid hitting and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-0 in Game 3 on Sunday to sweep their NL Division Series. The Brewers have won 11 straight dating to the regular season and advance to their first NL Championship Series since 2011. They will play the winner of the Dodgers-Braves series starting Friday at Miller Park.

Milwaukee’s pitching staff held the bruising Rockies to a combined two runs and 14 hits in the series. Kratz made his second postseason start and finished 3 for 4 with a double. Orlando Arcia and Keon Broxton hit back-toback homers in the ninth off Wade Davis to make it 6-0 and Jesus Aguilar had a solo shot in the fourth.