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Dodgers' Urias to become youngest starter in MLB playoffs

LOS ANGELES — Julio Urias finally is getting to start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the postseason.

The 20-year-old rookie from Mexico came on in relief in a decisive Game 5 of the NL Division Series, helping the Dodgers beat Washington to advance.

Now, he'll take the mound Wednesday in Game 4 of the Championship Series against the Chicago Cubs, the youngest starting pitcher in major league postseason history.

"I felt the adrenaline when I was on the bench," Urias said through a translator. "I felt it in Washington, but then I knew that it was something that I could handle and something I could do.