Los Angeles Dodgers pitching great Clayton Kershaw savored his last regular-season start at Dodger Stadium on Friday, basking in an outpouring of affection -- and a Dodgers win.

"It was such a special night, such a special night," Kershaw said. "I can't even put into words how special tonight was to me."

One day after announcing that he would retire after his 18th Major League Baseball campaign -- all of them with the Dodgers -- Kershaw pitched four and one-third innings in a 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants that saw the Dodgers secure a post-season berth.

He wasn't at his sharpest, but he did enough to keep the Dodgers in touch before Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts delivered back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to put Los Angeles in control.

It was an impo

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