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Padres pitcher Odrisamer Despaigne has been shut down for the remainder of the season due to lat soreness, U-T San Diego reports. Despaigne ends his season with a 4-7 record and a 3.36 ERA over 16 starts (96 1/3 innings).

Despaigne hasn't decided if he will pitch this winter. If he does, the Padres have asked him not to exceed 30 innings, per MLB.com. 

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw ended the regular season on a high note Wednesday, giving up just one earned run on eight hits in eight innings while striking out 11 to pick up win No. 21 in his team's 9-1 victory over the Giants.

Kershaw (21-3) closes the season with wins in seven straight games, throwing eight innings a remarkable six times during that stretch. He even got things done at the plate Wednesday, smacking an RBI triple -- his first career three-bagger -- to get back the run he surrendered and tie the game 1-1. The Dodgers tacked on eight more unanswered runs later in the game to clinch the NL West title. The overwhelming Cy Young favorite, Kershaw ends the regular season with a 1.77 ERA, 0.86 WHIP and 239:31 K:BB ratio in 198 1/3 innings.

Braves pitcher Julio Teheran picked up a win Wednesday against the Pirates.

Teheran allowed two runs on six hits over five innings. He struck out six and walked three during the outing. Teheran gave up both runs in the fifth inning. After a groundout, Starling Marte managed a single against Teheran. With Marte on first, Andrew McCutchen belted a two-run homer out to left. Teheran would get out of the inning without giving up any more runs, but would not come out to start the sixth. 

With the win, Teheran improved to 14-13.

The Pirates placed pitcher Charlie Morton on the 60-day disabled list due to a sports hernia. Morton was scratched from his start Sunday and will finish the season with a 3.72 ERA and 126:57 K:BB ratio in 157 1/3 innings.

Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu will throw off a mound in the next few days, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Ryu has been out since Sept. 12 with a shoulder injury. However, if his upcoming mound session goes well, he could end up pitching during the postseason. Ryu owns a 3.38 ERA and 139:29 K:BB ratio in 152 innings.

The Nationals announced the team's rotation plans after Wednesday's game was rained out.

Blake Treinen will pitch the first game of Thursday's doubleheader against the Mets followed by Gio Gonzalez, who was scheduled to pitch Wednesday. On Friday, Doug Fister and Taylor Hill, who will be called up before the game, will pitch during the Nationals' second doubleheader in two days. Stephen Strasburg remains the probable starter for Saturday, while Jordan Zimmermann is scheduled to pitch the season finale Sunday after having his previously scheduled start pushed back due to a shoulder issue.

Impressive Padres rookie right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne threw a pain-free side session Tuesday after leaving his Friday start with lat soreness. He had thrown seven shutout innings against San Francisco before his removal.

Bud Black told the San Diego Union-Tribune that he has not ruled out giving Despaigne a start Saturday or Sunday. "For him, it's 'I don't want to miss a start,'" Black said. "It's a pride thing."

If Despaigne has pitched his last game in 2014, he will end the season with a 4-7 record and 3.36 ERA.

Rockies pitcher Juan Nicasio earned a win Tuesday, giving up one hit in a scoreless seventh inning in his team's 3-2 victory over the Padres.

Despite surrendering a run in his previous outing, Nicasio (6-6) has performed well in September, allowing just the one run on five hits and one walk in 7 2/3 innings. He owns a 5.50 ERA, 1.46 WHIP and 62:30 K:BB ratio in 91 2/3 innings.

Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke earned a win Tuesday, allowing two earned runs on six hits in eight innings while striking out five and walking none in his team's 4-2 victory over the Giants.

Greinke (16-8) pitched very well after being staked to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, but his one blemish came against the opposing pitcher, with Madison Bumgarner slugging a two-run home run. He hadn't surrendered a home run in four straight starts before Bumgarner's blast. Greinke owns a 2.74 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 201:42 K:BB ratio in 197 1/3 innings. He's scheduled to face the Rockies in the season finale, but the Dodgers could choose to save him for the playoffs depending on how the next few days go.

Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks wasn't a factor in Tuesday's decision, surrendering three earned runs on five hits and one walk in 5 1/3 innings while striking out four in his team's 4-3 win over the Cardinals.

Hendricks spun five scoreless innings before getting into trouble in the sixth, giving up a run on a groundout and two more on a game-tying home run. That home run was his first allowed in six starts and just his second surrendered since the beginning of August. Hendricks owns a 2.46 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 47:15 K:BB ratio in 80 1/3 innings. He's scheduled to face the Brewers in Sunday's season finale.