After the Dodgers closed out the Chicago Cubs in five games with an 11-1 victory to win the National League Championship Series, Kershaw made a shocking proclamation.
“If we win, I might retire, call it a career,” the Dodgers ace told reporters at Wrigley Field.
Fear not, Dodgers fans, as the three-time National League Cy Young Award winner was only kidding.
Kershaw had been just 5-7 in 19 postseason starts prior to this year. Since Kershaw made his MLB debut in 2008, the Dodgers had been bounced from the play-offs six times. Four of those six postseason exits came with losses in the NLCS, including a 4-2 series loss to the Cubs last year.
The Dodgers got their vengeance Thursday as Kershaw struck out five in six innings to improve to 2-0 in three postseason starts this season.
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