Dodgers down Nationals, 4-3, in Game 5 to advance to NLCS against Cubs

In a dramatic game, the Dodgers scored four runs in the top of the seventh, then turned to Kenley Jansen and Kershaw to shut down the Nationals and preserve a 4-3 victory. Kershaw entered with runners on first and second, one out, and no margin for error. At the plate: Daniel Murphy, the best hitter in the National League in 2016. Kershaw busted him on the inside corner with a 93-mph fastball for ball one. The next pitch was a 94-mph fastball, again on the inside corner, and Murphy popped it up to second base. The result was a game like few others in recent memory. It lasted 4 hours 32 minutes. The seventh inning took 66 minutes alone.