Braves catcher Travis d'Arnaud celebrates with relief pitcher Will Smith after Atlanta defeated the Houston Astros in Game 4 of the 2021 World Series at Truist Park. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

Back-to-back blasts by Swanson, Soler give Braves 3-1 Series lead

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports | By Larry Brown | Last updated 10/31/21

Dansby Swanson and Jorge Soler helped their Atlanta Braves take Game 4 of the World Series on Saturday night with back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning. A very cool video angle shows that we should have seen Soler’s home run coming.

Swanson came to the plate in the bottom of the seventh with his team down 2-1 to the Houston Astros. He took Christian Javier deep with an opposite field line drive on a 0-2 pitch.

Dans the man. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/P7KLJVhm4G

— MLB (@MLB) October 31, 2021

That huge home run tied the game. But then something even more special happened — Soler came in as a pinch-hitter and blasted a 2-1 hanging curveball deep to left for the lead.

Powered by Soler. #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/zWKXXC2j44

— MLB (@MLB) October 31, 2021

So what’s the deal? Fox showed a very cool video of Soler from the on-deck circle during Swanson’s home run. Soler was moving parallel to Swanson and had Javier perfectly timed.

That was a thing of beauty.

Atlanta came back from down 2-0 in the game to win it 3-2. A big catch by Eddie Rosario in left field to rob Jose Altuve in the eighth helped seal things for the Braves.

Atlanta holds a 3-1 series lead and can win the World Series on Sunday night.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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