Grandal booed throughout Game 3 of the NLCS

A sold-out crowd booed Grandal throughout the night. At one point, a smattering of them began “We want Austin!” chants as a plea for Barnes to replace him, which teammate Kike Hernandez did not appreciate.

“It sucks that there’s nothing going on in the stands, since the first inning when Braun hit that double, the stadium’s kind of quiet for the rest of the evening,” Hernandez said. “And it sucks that they got loud just to show up Yasmani. He’s trying his best. Catchers have a lot going on.”

Austin Barnes will once again start in place of the struggling Yasmani Grandal in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, Dave Roberts, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager, announced immediately after Monday’s 4-0 loss.

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