Meanwhile, third baseman David Wright, stud outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and former World Series champion infielder Juan Uribe should help lead the Mets lineup against Los Angeles’ aces. He struck out 101 fewer men than Kershaw, but he still got the job done.
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The Padres finished the season on a losing note, dropping the season finale to the Dodgers, 6-3.
The series is loaded with exceptional starting pitching. Dodgers OF Yasiel Puig did not start Sunday after playing his first game since August 27 on Saturday night. New York had not been back to the playoffs since…. Be that as it may, the Mets’ hostile troubles late in the season ought not be made a huge deal about; it won’t mean anything once the postseason begins Friday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Ruggiano hits a solo home run off of… They will face each other in the National League Division Series starting on October. 9. 500 on the road at 41-40.
Mets win game 3, 7-4. Almost three weeks later, the teams split a four-game set at Citi Field. Kershaw held the Cardinals scoreless for six innings and took a lead to the mound in the seventh. Only Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs has also matched those numbers this year.
“He hasn’t played (much) in a long time at this point”, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said of Puig. 250 with one RBI and 8 strikeouts in last year’s NLDS loss to St. Louis. New York would like to start unbeaten rookie Steven Matz – provided his balky back is healthy enough – and 42-year-old Bartolo Colon (14-13) remains a possibility. On Friday, Kershaw will be pitching on exactly four days rest.
He left the game with two outs in the fourth, tipping his cap to the crowd of 42,863 that rose to its feet again. One of the worst offenses in the majors became one of the very best from July 25 on.
Hefley, 79, who was born in San Pedro and grew up in Los Angeles, took over for Helen Dell in 1988 and has played at Dodger Stadium for the past 28 years. They ended the regular season with the third-highest total in club history, trailing only last season (3,782,337) and 2007 (3,857,036).
In the 2013 NLDS against the Atlanta Braves, Kershaw pitched on short rest and allowed just two unearned runs in six innings of a game the Dodgers eventually won to eliminate the Braves and move on to the NLCS.
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Padres center fielder Melvin Upton Jr. became Kershaw’s 300th strikeout. That they managed to win the National League West is more of a byproduct to having Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke than anything else.
