MILWAUKEE (AP) — Clayton Kershaw pounded his glove over and over
Barry Bonds Jersey , yelling “Let’s go!” as he walked off the mound.Pretty soon, he was gone.Kershaw was hit hard in the shortest start of his spotty
playoff career, and the shaky Los Angeles Dodgers lost 6-5 to the Milwaukee
Brewers in Game 1 of the NL Championship Series on Friday night.“Got to do a
better of keeping the score close for our guys to have a chance there at the
end,” Kershaw said.Los Angeles committed four errors, including two by catcher
Yasmani Grandal in Milwaukee’s two-run third inning. But another playoff flop
for its ace left-hander might be its biggest concern as it tries to cool off
streaking Milwaukee.“He’s been in the playoffs for a really long time,” Grandal
said. “He knows what he needs to do to win games and that’s all that matters.
Game 5 comes around, then he’ll be the guy on the mound and he’ll be the guy who
will get us a win.”Game 2 is Saturday afternoon at Miller Park.Kershaw holds the
team records for playoff wins (eight), starts (21), innings (133) and strikeouts
(144), but is just 8-8 with a 4.26 ERA in 26 career postseason appearances. The
Dodgers dropped to 13-13 when the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner takes the
mound in the playoffs.The 30-year-old Kershaw quieted some of those October
questions when the Dodgers won the NL pennant last year for the first time since
1988, going 3-0 with a 3.82 ERA in six appearances. He pitched six sparkling
innings in the NLCS-clinching victory at Wrigley Field against the Cubs, and
worked four scoreless innings in relief in Los Angeles’ Game 7 loss to Houston
in the World Series.After he was passed over for Los Angeles’ Game 1 start in
the NL Division Series this year, the 2014 NL MVP responded with eight innings
of two-hit ball in a 3-0 victory over Atlanta.The victory against the Baby
Braves was one of his best playoff performances. The loss against the Brewers
was one of his worst.“It was a tough one
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