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'He deserves it': Clayton Kershaw sets up Dodgers for first World Series title in 32 years

By Bob NightengaleUSA TODAYARLINGTON, Texas — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts stood on the mound Sunday evening, his ears reverberating with boos. Clayton Kershaw, their three-time Cy Young award winner and future Hall of Famer was coming out of the game, and Roberts signaled for the bullpen. The crowd of 11,437 at Globe Life Field, virtually all Dodgers’ fans, screamed in disgust, and only when Kershaw walked off the mound and walked towards the dugout, did they stand and give him a loud, rousing ovation. When reliever Dustin May came to the mound, and Roberts retreated to the dugout, the loud boos returned, echoing throughout the closed-roof ballpark. “I just felt, we felt,’’ Roberts said, “he was at the end.’’ Well, a funny thing then happened to the Dodgers. Those October ghosts that have haunted the Dodgers, all those decisions that backfired over the years taking Kershaw out too early or keeping him in too long, all that heartbreak, disappeared in the Texas night. The narrative that Kershaw can’t win the big one in October, and that the Dodgers choke on the biggest stage, is on the verge of being shredded forever. The Dodgers, behind yet another strong performance by Kershaw, knocked off the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-2, are one victory away from winning their first World Series championship since 1988. The Dodgers lead the Series, 3 games to 2, and with an off-day Monday, they’ve got two chances finally bring that long coveted trophy to Los Angeles. “The off-day is going to be hard,’’ said Kershaw, who picked up his second win of the World Series, yielding five hits and two runs in 5 ⅔ innings.Read more on NewsOK.com

 

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