LOS ANGELES—Dave Roberts trusted Clayton Kershaw, and it cost the Los Angeles Dodgers their season. For much of the night, the Dodgers operated in a steady comfort, a somewhat odd sensation given the make-or-break stakes of their National League Division Series Game 5 against the Washington Nationals. And then Roberts immediately, mercifully, took him out of the game. Sign Up NowWhile it was Joe Kelly, and not Kershaw, who conceded Kendrick’s decisive homer and took the Game 5 loss officially, there was little question when L.A.’s season ended. “Having a group of guys you spent your entire season with, eight straight months battling and competing,” Kershaw said.

Source: thestar October 10, 2019 04:52 UTC