Clayton Kershaw To Pitch Game 4

By MH
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Updated: October 13, 2015

According to Arash Markazi of ESPN.com Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will start in game 4 of the NLDS against the New York Mets.

Clayton Kershaw will start Game 4 for the Dodgers tomorrow night at New York.

— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) October 12, 2015

Mark Saxon of ESPN.com also reported the news.

Clayton Kershaw starting Game 4

— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) October 12, 2015

The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed the news on their official Twitter account.

Clayton Kershaw will start Game 4 of the #NLDS.

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 12, 2015

It will be interesting to see how Kershaw performs given all of his postseason struggles. Alex Wood would have been next in the rotation but Don Mattingly feels more comfortable going with Kershaw.

Bobby DeMuro gave us the following thoughts on Kershaw during his preview:

“Kershaw, Greinke need to be Kershaw, Greinke
Sounds obvious, right? Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke are the best 1-2 punch in baseball — and they certainly compose the best 1-2 punch in this playoff series (with absolutely no disrespect to the Mets, who have some incredible young arms in their rotation).

But Kershaw’s playoff record has been a concern in his career; in 11 postseason games (eight starts), Kershaw is 1-5 with a 5.12 ERA and — for him — and uncharacteristically high 1.235 WHIP across 51 innings. In his last four playoff starts, combined between 2013 and 2014 (and, granted, all against St. Louis), he’s 0-4 with 18 earned runs allowed in just 22.2 innings.

The Dodgers obviously need him — and Greinke, whose playoff record is better than Kershaw’s, but also not nearly as dominant as some of his recent regular seasons”

Kershaw will go against Steven Martz.

Go Dodgers!

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