National League Division Series 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season
as national league west champions, dodgers advanced 2013 nlds play eastern division champion atlanta braves. suffered blow on last day of regular season when mri results revealed matt kemp had severe ankle injury , not able play in post-season. andre ethier dealing ankle injury , limited pinch hitting in division series.
dodger stadium during game 3 of 2013 nlds
in game 1 of series, @ atlanta s turner field, clayton kershaw struck out 12 batters in 7 innings. third strikeouts dodger pitcher in playoffs, behind sandy koufax (15 in 1963 world series) , carl erskine (14 in 1953 world series). 6 straight strikeouts in game tied mlb post-season record set tim belcher in game 2 of 1988 world series. dodgers won game 6-1. braves tied series next day, 4-3 win, dodgers bullpen faltered. hanley ramírez homered , doubled twice in game wasn t enough. jason heyward had two-rbi single deciding runs.
the dodgers offense took on in game 3 took lead in series 13-6 win @ dodger stadium. ramírez had 2 more base hits (a double , triple) in game tie nlds record , franchise record (steve garvey, duke snider) extra-base hits in postseason. 13 runs tied franchise record set in 1956 world series. dodgers brought kershaw on short rest in game 4 , pitched 6 innings, while allowing 2 unearned runs (thanks 2 adrian gonzalez errors). carl crawford hit 2 solo homers in first 2 at-bats, first dodger in playoffs since shawn green in 2004 national league division series. rbi double josé constanza off ronald belisario in 7th gave braves lead, dodgers went two-run homer juan uribe in 8th off david carpenter. kenley jansen closed down in ninth preserve 4-3 series clinching victory dodgers.
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