Kershaw throws five shutout innings in a win, as the Dodgers clinch a first-round postseason bye.
LOS ANGELES ―Whether it’s dusk, twilight or merely sunset, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw knows his Hall of Fame career is nearer to the western horizon than the east. That much is clear.
The Giants , whose playoff hopes were reduced to the wildest of wild-card scenarios, did little on offense despite never seeing a pitch from Kershaw faster than 89.7 mph. The 35-year-old left-hander allowed a double to Marco Luciano and walked Luis Matos to begin the fifth inning. Needing a strikeout, he got Tyler Fitzgerald to swing and miss at a slider on 1-and-2. He got Patrick Bailey to tap a slider to third baseman Max Muncy, a potential inning-ending double play thwarted when third base umpire Laz Diaz decided Luciano stayed within the baseline by running on the infield grass to avoid a tag.
“I thought from the outset really good command and he and Austin worked really well together,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “I thought the sequencing was great. He used all quadrants . He used his curveball. Slider was good. There were some changeups in there. He just kept those guys off-balance all night. Really efficient. I couldn’t have asked for anything more from Clayton.”
The Dodgers won’t know their Division Series opponent until the wild-card games are complete, but Roberts already has his Games 1 and 2 starters penciled in. Kershaw and Bobby Miller will start in some order, the manager said.
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