The Atlanta Braves delivered for the fans at Truist Park on Friday evening as they gathered for the Braves’ first World Series home game since 1999. The Braves’ 2-0 victory in Game 3 has them up 2-1 in the best-of-seven Series.

Starter Ian Anderson and two Atlanta Braves relievers held the Houston Astros hitless through seven innings en route to a critical 2-0 win in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday night. The Braves now lead the best-of-seven series by a count of two games to one.

The win bodes well for Atlanta’s title chances, too. The previous 60 times a World Series was tied 1-1, the team winning Game 3 has gone on to win the title on 39 occasions (65%). That has been the case in six of the past nine World Series and 13 of the last 17 instances in the Fall Classic.

The Braves will turn the next two games over to their bullpen, as they try to seal their first World Series championship since 1995 without letting this thing get back to Houston.