CHICAGO -- Clayton Kershaws playoff renaissance is over, at least for this year.
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moment -- again.Kershaws postseason resume took another hit in Game 6 of the NL
Championship Series, finishing off the reeling Dodgers. The Chicago Cubs
battered the three-time Cy Young Award winner on their way to a 5-0 victory
Saturday night, making it 28 years and counting since the Dodgers last won the
World Series.This day is never fun, the ending of a season, Kershaw said. You
look back and think about the whole season as a whole. Its tough to swallow
tonight, obviously, but Id rather be in this position and fail than not to get
to be in this situation at all.Kershaw could have started Game 5 on three days
rest, but manager Dave Roberts decided to save him for Saturday night at Wrigley
Field. Roberts was hoping a couple more days would help Kershaw duplicate his
performance from Game 2, when he pitched seven innings of two-hit ball in a 1-0
victory.The decision worked out quite well -- for the Cubs. After winning a pair
of shutouts in Games 2 and 3, the Dodgers dropped the next two by a combined
score of 18-6. Even the great Kershaw was unable to slow Chicagos momentum, and
Roberts first season as Dodgers manager ended in disappointment.The left-hander
allowed four earned runs and seven hits while dropping to 4-7 with a 4.55 ERA in
18 playoff games.I think that the first thing I saw is the Cubs hitters, they
had a great game plan tonight, Roberts said. And there was a couple mistake
sliders that they took advantage of. But they were running counts, they used the
whole field, and there was traffic all night for Clayton. And he gave it
everything he had, but when they did -- when he did make a mistake, they made
him pay.Dexter Fowler hit a ground-rule double on Kershaws third pitch of the
night, and the Cubs were off and running. Kris Bryant followed with an RBI
single. Then left fielder Andrew Toles dropped Anthony Rizzos fly ball to the
gap in left-center, setting up Ben Zobrists sacrifice fly.It was the first time
Kershaw had given up two runs in the first inning all season. He was limited to
21 starts this year due to a back injury.You get out of that first inning and
you give up two, you feel like you have a chance maybe, Kershaw said. They just
kept tacking on runs. I gave up some two-out hits and some homers and some
two-strike hits -- just a lot of things that you cant do in a game like
this.Fowler added a two-out RBI single in the second, rookie Willson Contreras
hit a leadoff drive in the fourth and Anthony Rizzo connected in the fifth.
Rizzo became the first lefty batter to homer against Kershaw since Daniel Murphy
for the New York Mets in Game 4 of their 2015 Division Series.It was the first
time Kershaw had allowed two homers in a game since April 9 at San Francisco.
That was it for Roberts, who hit for his star pitcher in the sixth.We have asked
a lot of Clayton all year long, so, again, its just more of you got to give
those hitters credit, Roberts said.While Kershaw struggled against the Cubs, the
Dodgers were shut down by Kyle Hendricks and Aroldis Chapman. Los Angeles
managed just two hits and four baserunners, with none of them advancing past
first.Chicago became the first team to face the minimum in a postseason game
since Don Larsens perfect game for the New York Yankees in the 1956 World
Series.We had a 2-1 lead with two games at home and it didnt go the way we
thought it would go, Los Angeles center fielder Joc Pederson said. We didnt take
care of business. We made some mistakes, all of us.Roberts managed the Dodgers
to their fourth straight NL West title after taking over for Don Mattingly. But
injuries to Scott Kazmir, Brandon McCarthy, Brett Anderson and Hyun-Jin Ryu hurt
rotation depth.Kenta Maeda, who won 16 games during his rookie season, struggled
in the playoffs, and 20-year-old Julio Urias was knocked out in the fourth
inning of his first postseason start in Game 4 on Wednesday night.Los Angeles
went with three starters in the Division Series against Washington and Kershaw
pitched three times, including a two-out save in the clinching Game 5. When he
stepped up again in his first start in the NLCS, it looked as if he might be on
the verge of a postseason breakthrough.But his turnaround came to a screeching
halt on a cool night in the Windy City. He dropped to 1/3 with a 6.28 ERA in
five career starts with the Dodgers facing postseason elimination, according to
the Elias Sports Bureau.Its only going to make him stronger for the years coming
on, Pederson said. Hes had some trouble with his back and overcame it and came
and helped us win the division and get past the NLDS. We wouldnt be here without
him. Hell be stronger for next year.---Jay Cohen can be reached at
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ever.For sure, the nations 209th-rated schedule hasnt provided much resistance,
yet the scope of the blowouts and the voracity with which No. 11 West Virginia
is defending makes coach Bob Huggins think his team might be something
special.The Mountaineers (9-1) are outscoring opponents by 34.5 points and
forcing 26 turnovers per game, both tops in Division I, as they prepare to host
Radford (4-6) on Tuesday.Most surprisingly, West Virginia has curbed its
penchant for fouling even as officials continue to tightly enforce
freedom-of-movement rules.For each of the past two years, the Mountaineers
committed 23.5 fouls per game, a figure that ranked third most in the country
last season and was dead last in 2014-2015. This season, West Virginia has
trimmed that to 18.5 fouls, which ranks 133rd of 347 teams.Guards Jevon Carter,
Daxter Miles and Tarik Phillip combine for nearly seven steals per game -- more
than 228 teams -- and senior forward Nathan Adrian has taken over at the head of
West Virginias full-court press.Youre talking about JC and Dax and Tarik being
in the system three years and Teyvon (Myers) has two years, Huggins said. We do
it every day, so they ought to get better at it.As the Mountaineers committed
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of the year.Then the 35th-year coach smiled at what he considers a point of
progress: At least theyre starting to call traveling once in a while.Sophomore
forward Esa Ahmad, the teams top scorer at 12.6 points per game and one of six
Mountaineers averaging more than a steal per game, said defenders are tightening
up their rotations and making smarter choices about when to trap.Last year, it
was more uncontrolled effort, Ahmad said. We were just running everywhere. It
was crazy.Radford is 0-4 against teams in the RPI top 100, losing to North
Carolina 95-50, UNC-Wilmington 100-64, Wake Forest 80-59 and Akron 88-41.Forward
Ed Polite (10.2 points, 10.1 rebounds) averages a double-double for the
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