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The less heralded group produced Hernández’s three homers and seven RBI on Thursday, as well as performances from Taylor and Turner that earned them co-MVP honors.

Playoffs (Before Thursday) Splitīellinger, meanwhile, added an RBI double that opened Game 5’s scoring in the first inning, one night after he lasered a slider above Wrigley Field’s outfield ivy. In his career, Kershaw has maintained his excellent strikeout and walk numbers in the playoffs but allowed home runs at more than twice his regular-season rate fittingly, he surrendered another homer in Game 5, but this time he was stingy enough elsewhere that it was only a solo blast and the Cubs didn’t threaten to score at any other point.Ĭlayton Kershaw in the Regular Season vs. The three-time Cy Young winner is one of 26 pitchers in MLB history to exceed 100 playoff innings, and entering Thursday’s game, his postseason ERA and winning percentage both ranked last among that group. On Thursday, Kershaw threw six efficient innings to add a strong start to his spotty playoff résumé. The Dodgers’ roster is a mix of born-and-bred superstars-Kershaw, Seager, rookie phenom Cody Bellinger-and ascendant role players-Hernández, Chris Taylor, and Justin Turner-and both groups contributed to the NLCS win.

The Dodgers were sufficiently dominant that they beat the Cubs with their best position player, shortstop Corey Seager, sidelined with a back injury. Playoff Success Between Dodgers’ World Series Appearances (1989–2016) Teamīut the best team Los Angeles has fielded in 60 years of Dodgers baseball made it through the NL maze, first sweeping a tricky Diamondbacks team that had won the regular-season series against L.A., then knocking off the same Cubs club to which it had lost in last year’s NLCS.

2016 world series baseball airing in europe