Kershaw outduels Astros' Keuchel to win Game 1 for Dodgers
by Andy McCullough, Los Angeles Times
Oct 25, 2017
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES_The sun had started to set on Dodger Stadium as the trio left the bullpen, yet the heat still clung to Chavez Ravine like a cloak. Clayton Kershaw walked shoulder to shoulder through the swelter with pitching coach Rick Honeycutt and catcher Austin Barnes. An ovation greeted the pregame procession. Ten seasons in the major leagues, and four consecutive Octobers filled with regret, had braced him for this night.
Neither of his companions dared speak to Kershaw as they approached the dugout. He craves silence in these moments, the final minutes before he can stand in the middle of a ballpark and anesthetize his opponents. On Tuesday evening, in a 3-1 victory over
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