Dodgers, Brewers advance in playoffs; Yankees swept

Defending World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1 to advance in the Major League Baseball playoffs on Wednesday, as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 4-3 with the help of a fan interference call for a three-game sweep of their American League Division Series. The Dodgers next face the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series. The Brewers finished off the San Diego Padres in their NL Division Series. Andy Pages put prior post-season disappointments behind him to deliver a go-ahead two-run single in the seventh inning for the Dodgers, who completed a 3-1 victory over the Braves in the best-of-five Division Series. Max Muncy added an insurance run in the ninth with his third homer of the series. The score was tied at 1 in game four when Braves starting pitcher Tyler Mahle opened the seventh by retiring Los Angeles star Shohei Ohtani but was pulled for rookie Didier Fuentes after giving up a single to Teoscar Hernandez. Fernandez recorded one out but walked two to load the bases with two outs. The Braves sent in Robert Suarez to face Pages, who stroked a fastball up the middle for the Dodgers' first hit with runners in scoring...