https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/10/20/whicker-insults-injuries-push-dodgers-to-end-of-very-thin-rope-in-nlcs/

So they got to the seventh inning of Game 4 the way they got to the eighth inning of Game 3.

The Dodgers trailed the Braves by three runs. Big deal. They still had their puncher’s chance.