Should Kershaw demonstrate the skills that made him a three-time Cy Young Award winner and help the Dodgers tie the series, the series would return to Dodger Stadium for Game 5 on Thursday, when co-ace and fellow Cy Young Award candidate Zack Greinke would pitch. The Dodgers were 43-22 during the regular season in games they started.
"You say 'Kershaw and Greinke,' and you look at their body of work," Dodgers right fielder Andre Ethier said, summarizing Los Angeles' legitimacy for clinging to optimism.
Said Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal, "You always feel good when you have that big two-headed monster in there.