Clayton Kershaw

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chase Utley singled home the tiebreaking run with two outs in the eighth inning after the Dodgers' bullpen faltered in relief of Clayton Kershaw, and Los Angeles avoided elimination with a 6-5 victory over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday that forced a deciding Game 5 in their NL playoff. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Clayton Kershaw earned a rare postseason victory, and rookie Corey Seager and Justin Turner homered off Max Scherzer on Friday night, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Washington Nationals 4-3 in Game 1 of their NL Division Series. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball's average salary rose 4.4 percent to $4.38 million on opening day, according to a study of contract terms by The Associated Press, and the Los Angeles Dodgers topped spending for the third straight season. The Chicago Cubs boosted payroll by $51 million, adding Jason Heyward, John Lackey and Ben Zobrist in an effort to win their first title since 1908...

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(AP) — The Cy Young Awards are up next in the parade of postseason baseball awards. The finalists in the National League are Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers along with Jake Arrieta of the Cubs. The American League finalists are Sonny Gray of the Athletics, David Price of the Blue Jays and Tigers and Dallas Keuchel of the Astros...

NEW YORK (AP) — Clayton Kershaw ended his five-game postseason skid with seven brilliant innings while pitching on three days' rest and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Mets 3-1 Tuesday night to force a deciding Game 5 in the NL Division series...