Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw took the mound Monday night in Los Angeles starting on three days rest for the first time in his career in the all-important Game 4 of the National League Division Series against the Braves.
Manager Don Mattingly's decision to give Kershaw the ball certainly worked out, though the starter took the no-decision. Juan Uribe's eighth-inning two-run homer gave the Dodgers the 4-3 lead and the series.
Kershaw did not give up an earned run in the game as he allowed two unearned on three hits and one walk over six strong innings and 91 pitches. Kershaw struck out six as his postseason ERA is at 0.69 after two outings against Atlanta.
Kershaw has given up one earned run over 13 innings this postseason thus far with 18 strikeouts and is 1-0. He went 16-9 with a 1.83 ERA during the regular season over 33 starts with 232 Ks over 236 innings. Kershaw is surely to make his next start early in the NLCS, though his opposition has yet to be decided.