The Dodgers are in the Wild Card round for the first time since the best-of-three format was adopted in 2022. While the joy of making it is on one side, the kind of pressure that comes with October baseball is high, so much so that one mistake can completely flip the script. In that high-pressure situation, Dave Roberts has quietly come up with a plan on how to run his team, especially when it comes to future HOF Clayton Kershaw.

Kershaw pitched against the Mariners on Sunday, which Freeman called “the greatest pitcher of our generation.” The 37-year-old didn’t allow any runs in 5 1/3 innings. He gave up four singles and one walk while getting seven strikeouts, which made the crowd give him a standing ovation. Throughout the season, he has pitched about 112.2 innings and struck out 84

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