Dave Roberts insisted Kershaw would pitch again in this series: “He’s going to start Game 4.”
LOS ANGELES — He sat alone on the dugout bench, bewildered and despondent, gazing out upon a Dodger Stadium crowd still filing into its seats. Smoke from the pregame fireworks had scarcely dispersed. The game was a little more than 15 minutes old. And already it felt over, the on their way to a dispiriting 11-2 defeat to the in Game 1 of the National League Division Series after a disastrously abbreviated outing from . Advertisement “Shocking,” manager Dave Roberts called it.
Kershaw took the field at 5:33 p.m., his customary arrival time, 47 minutes before the first pitch. A gentle roar of acknowledgment emanated from the fans gathered along the third-base line. The cheers swelled as Kershaw jogged toward the center-field wall, planted his cleats in the warning track and pressed his hands against the padding to stretch. There would be little more to applaud as the evening progressed.
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