True Blue LA · Oct 14, 2015
Kenley Jansen, Chris Hatcher providing relief for Dodgers
The Dodgers got exactly what they wanted in relief of Clayton Kershaw on Tuesday night, with Chris Hatcher and Kenley Jansen recording the final six outs to finish off Game 3 against the Mets.
Manager Don Mattingly had enough confidence in Hatcher and Jansen that therre was no temptation to send Kershaw back out to start the eighth inning with just 94 pitches on his odometer and three hits allowed to that point.
"No thought at all in the 8th. We had guys ready in the seventh," Mattingly said. "Him going on short rest, he was throwing the ball good. The ball was still coming out of his hand good, but at that point we knew that was going to be it for him."