Fox will have another different voice on the call for Game 4 of the National League Division Series, with Joe Davis still battling illness during the Dodgers-Braves matchup.
Brandon Gaudin is set to take over play-by-play duties alongside analyst John Smoltz, making him the second straight substitute to step in for Davis. Kenny Albert handled Game 3 at Truist Park, and now Gaudin gets the assignment as Fox turns to a familiar Atlanta voice.
That familiarity matters here. Gaudin has been the Braves’ regular television play-by-play announcer since 2023, so Braves fans already know exactly who’s calling the game. The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand reported Tuesday that Davis is “day to day” after losing his voice.
The Dodgers enter Game 4 with a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series and can send the Braves home with a win.
Davis took over Fox’s top national baseball role in 2022, succeeding Joe Buck for the World Series and All-Star Game.
Gaudin’s ties to Atlanta baseball run deep, and he has described them in bluntly personal terms. In a 2023 interview, he said, “I’m a TBS Superstation kid of the nineties,” and went on to recall attending Game 5 of the 1991 World Series as a seven-year-old with his family.
He remembered walking into Fulton County Stadium, watching the Braves beat the Twins 14-5, and specifically cited Mark Lemke’s bases-loaded triple in the seventh inning as one of the moments that stuck with him. He also said he left the stadium holding a foam tomahawk out the window of his uncle’s car, adding, “From that moment forward I was hooked on Braves baseball.”
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