MILWAUKEE -- In what will be one of the final acts of his career, Clayton Kershaw is down for whatever.

The Dodgers did the obvious thing on Monday, keeping Kershaw on their National League Championship Series roster despite his inauspicious mop-up appearance during the NL Division Series against the Phillies . Manager Dave Roberts said he was unsure what sort of leverage the Dodgers might be willing to give Kershaw, who has allowed 10 earned runs over his last two postseason outings dating to 2023. But Kershaw, Roberts added, “is going to be available for whatever is asked of him.”

At some point in a best-of-seven series against the Brewers, the likely future Hall of Famer is likely to pitch.

“His mindset all along has been, ‘I want to do whatever I can to help us win,’” Dodgers

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