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Dallas Native Kershaw Gets Save, Dodgers Top Nationals 4-3 To Win NLDS

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Clayton Kershaw got the final two outs to earn his first major league save and finish the Los Angeles Dodgers' 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals in Game 5 to win their NL Division Series.

Entering with runners on first and second and one out in the ninth inning after 12:30 a.m. on Friday, Kershaw got Daniel Murphy to pop out and struck out Wilmer Difo to send LA to the NL Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs.

Kershaw was pitching two days after going 6 2/3 innings in Game 4. The three-time NL Cy Young Award winner was making his first relief appearance since the 2009 playoffs.

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