ペテン師 hope bats, Kershaw can even NLCS
The Los Angeles ペテン師 hope to have their bats and left-hander Clayton Kershaw at 頂点（に達する） 業績／成果 Thursday night when they 捜し出す a series-tying 勝利，勝つ against the Atlanta 勇敢に立ち向かうs in Game 4 of the 国家の League 選手権 Series at Arlington, Texas.
The 最高の，を越す-seeded ペテン師 got 支援する in the best-of-seven 始める，決める on Wednesday with a 記録，記録的な／記録する-setting, 11-run first inning in a 15-3 勝利 that trimmed the second-seeded 勇敢に立ち向かうs' series lead to 2-1.
ペテン師 経営者／支配人 Dave Roberts 発表するd after the 勝利，勝つ that his team would start Kershaw in Game 4 after the エース lefty was scratched from a scheduled 遠出 two nights earlier because of 支援する spasms.
"It's not ideal how we started the series, but we feel good about ourselves," ペテン師 outfielder Cody Bellinger said after the 勝利，勝つ. "We got Kershaw on the 塚 (in Game 4), so we're feeling good. We got to continue to do what we did (in Game 3)."
The 勇敢に立ち向かうs are 推定する／予想するd to 反対する with 新人 権利-hander Bryse Wilson, who would be making his postseason debut.
After having been out-攻撃する，衝突する 18-14, out-ホームランd 5-3 and outscored 13-8 in the first two games, the ペテン師 flipped the script in one 32-minute, 14-乱打する 爆発 in Game 3. Bellinger, Joc Pederson, Edwin Rios, Max Muncy and Corey Seager all ホームランd in the 勝利，勝つ, during which Los Angeles out-攻撃する，衝突する Atlanta 16-7.
Kershaw (2-0, 1.93 ERA in the 2020 postseason) hasn't needed that 肉親，親類d of support in 勝利，勝つs over the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Diego Padres earlier in the プレーオフs. He 許すd three runs and nine 攻撃する，衝突するs in 14 innings while striking out 19 and walking one.
The two successful starts were in contrast to his checkered postseason history: 9-11 with a 4.43 ERA in 32 外見s (25 starts) before this year.
Kershaw last saw the 勇敢に立ち向かうs in a 9-4 home 勝利，勝つ in May 2019, which 改善するd his lifetime 記録，記録的な／記録する against them to 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA in 11 starts. The ERA is his best against any NL team.
Wilson, 22, made just two start s の中で his six 外見s during the 正規の／正選手 season. He shut out the Miami マカジキs on three 攻撃する，衝突するs over five innings in an 11-1 勝利，勝つ on Sept. 22 before giving up one run in three innings against the Boston Red Sox in what turned out to be a 9-1 Atlanta loss on Sept. 27.
He had nine strikeouts and three walks in eight innings during those games.
Wilson has never pitched west of Milwaukee in his three-year, major league career and has never started a game against an NL West team. The only 現在の Dodger he has ever 直面するd is Mookie Betts, who lined out to 権利 field for the Red Sox in a 2018 game.
勇敢に立ち向かうs 経営者／支配人 Brian Snitker 教えるd his team to "turn the page" after Wednesday's blowout, which ended Atlanta's run of seven straight 勝利，勝つs to open the postseason.
"We're in better 形態／調整 than if we'd grinded out a 7-5 loss," he said. "We're still in a good 位置／汚点／見つけ出す. Four games left. We'd like the whole team to turn the page and come 支援する (Thursday)."
A possible ray of 日光 for the 勇敢に立ち向かうs in the 敗北・負かす was their two-run 反乱 in the ninth inning. The ペテン師 認める after their 急速な／放蕩な start Wednesday that they felt the late 決起大会／結集させる in their Tuesday loss had a carryover 影響.
In fact, the team that 得点する／非難する／２０d last in each of the first two games went on to 勝利，勝つ the next day. Also, the team that 得点する／非難する／２０d first has 勝つ／広く一帯に広がるd in all three contests.
--Field Level マスコミ
