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Colin Cowherd
“This is why experience matters. This is why you don’t crown teams after six innings.
Toronto had this game. Fifteen hits. Crowd buzzing. They were landing punches all afternoon.
And then — boom — the eighth inning happens, and suddenly Atlanta looks like the adult in the room again.
Oscar Cardona? That guy is a problem. Two homers, calm, composed, star behavior.
But the moment that flips the series is Alex Fernandez tying it. Because once that ball leaves the yard, you can feel it — Toronto tightens up.
Then the bullpen implodes. Four homers in one inning. That’s not bad luck — that’s pressure exposing you.
Atlanta didn’t just win Game 3. They reminded everyone: we’ve been here before.
Now the Braves are up 2–1, and Toronto’s learning the hardest lesson in October — close games don’t count unless you finish them.”

Bob Costas
“For seven innings, Game 3 appeared to be unfolding in Toronto’s favor — a measured, patient performance built on contact hitting and steady pitching.
But the World Series, as it so often does, turned abruptly.
The eighth inning became a cascade. Alex Fernandez’s two-run home run erased Toronto’s advantage, and what followed was a relentless display of power — four home runs in the inning, each one draining the life from Rogers Centre.
Oscar Cardona stood at the center of it all, his second home run serving as both punctuation and proclamation.
Atlanta’s stars rose at the moment of maximum consequence.
The Braves now lead the series two games to one, not because they dominated throughout, but because they seized the inning that mattered most.
In October, that is often the difference between confidence and collapse.”