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After retiring his 14th consecutive Reds batter for the final out of the fifth on Tuesday night, Clayton Kershaw strode off the mound and back to the home dugout. He had thrown only 72 pitches, but as the Dodgers batted in the bottom half of the inning, Edgardo Henriquez warmed up in the bullpen.

Kershaw sat on the dugout bench until the top of the sixth, when the bullpen gate opened and Henriquez jogged out to the mound. The veteran southpaw's night was officially over.

"I think it was pretty evident that it wasn't going to be a long night for me," Kershaw said. "Doc recognized that and made the right call, for sure."

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