Think about this: The only games the Dodgers have won this postseason are the games in which Kershaw has pitched.
"It's a good feeling," said Kershaw. "I don't know how to rank games or anything like that, but we needed this win tonight bad, and going back home after splitting [the two games] in Chicago, we like where we're at right now, and it feels good to get that win."
The left-hander retired the first 14 batters he faced before Javier Baez -- who else? -- singled to left. Rookie Willson Contreras followed with another base hit but Kershaw got Jason Heyward to pop up and end the fifth.