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epczynski was the losing pitcher.YOUNG URIASDodgers LHP Julio Urias, who turned 20 in August, became the youngest pitcher to app
epczynski was the losing pitcher.YOUNG URIASDodgers LHP Julio Urias, who turned 20 in August, became the youngest pitcher to app
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NEW YORK -- Madison Keys slept until almost 11 a. Desmond Mason Jersey .m. Monday. She didnt arrive at Arthur Ashe Stadium until 6:30 p.m., knowing that a late night on court awaited her.Keys and fellow American Alison Riske didnt envision it going quite so late. Their first-round U.S. Open match didnt end until 1:48 a.m. Tuesday.It was the latest finish for a womens match in tournament history -- typically the women play first and the men second in the night session, so six mens matches have ended later.The first night matches of the U.S. Open always start later because of the opening ceremony, but more often than not theyre routs with a top player facing an unseeded opponent.But on Monday, No. 1 Novak Djokovic was pushed to four sets, then Riske and Keys went three.The eighth-seeded Keys rallied from down a set and a break to win 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 in 2 hours, 26 minutes.Both players said they werent particularly aware on court of how late it was.Now that Im a part of it, yay, Keys said of setting a record. Lets not try to break it.Asked if shes a night owl, Riske said simply: No.Keys, meanwhile, is definitely not a morning person.This time of morning, I am, she said in her on-court interview shortly before 2 a.m. At 6 a.m., 7 a.m., Im not a good person.The 60th-ranked Riske had two points on her serve at 5-4 in the second-set tiebreaker to try to close out the match, but Keys won them both and clinched the set on the next point.Riske has lost 10 straight Grand Slam matches. Shes 2-16 against top-10 opponents, though one of the victories came against Petra Kvitova as Riske reached the round of 16 at the 2013 U.S. Open.Its only a matter of time that things start turning my way, she said.Keys took a medical timeout in the second set to have a trainer work on her right shoulder. She said it was just soreness and she didnt expect it to be an issue going forward.Keys hasnt lost in the first round at a major since the 2014 French Open. The 21-year-old is coming off a run to the Olympic semifinals, but she pulled out of the hard-court tuneup at New Haven because of a neck injury. Custom Seattle Supersonics Jerseys . Zvonareva, who won the tournament in 2009 and 10, couldnt handle her opponents big groundstrokes in only her third event back after 17 months out with a shoulder injury. Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments. Lonnie Shelton Jersey . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. https://www.supersonicsjerseys.com/ . In the response filed Wednesday to the complaint by 30-year-old Alexander Bradley, attorneys say the former University of Florida player is invoking his Fifth Amendment right that protects people from incriminating themselves. WASHINGTON -- A little past midnight in Game 5 of the National League Division Series, Clayton Kershaw emerged from the bullpen to pitch in relief for the first time in seven years.Two outs later, the only save of his major league career in the books, Kershaws arms were raised and teammates were rushing to celebrate with a guy whose postseason performances have never carried the luster of his regular-season success.Coming in after closer Kenley Jansen entered in the seventh inning and threw a career-high 51 pitches but issued a pair of one-out walks in the ninth, Kershaw got Daniel Murphy to pop out, then struck out Wilmer Difo to end it.That finished the Los Angeles Dodgers dramatic 4-3 victory over the Washington Nationals that decided their NLDS in the wee hours of Friday.The adrenaline rush was pretty good right there, said Kershaw, who approached Dodgers manager Dave Roberts in the seventh inning to offer to pitch if need be on the must-win occasion.At the at the end of the day, if we dont win that game, were going home, anyway, so what does it matter? Kershaw said. I just wanted to be available, and it ended up to the point where I could help out tonight.The Dodgers won the last two games of the best-of-five NLDS with Kershaw pitching in each and now head to the NL Championship Series to face the Chicago Cubs. That opens at Wrigley Field on Saturday night.The Nationals, meanwhile, still have never won a postseason series, winning three NL East titles in the past five years but losing in the NLDS each time.And while theres no way Kershaw will be available for Game 1 against Chicago, one things for sure: Whatever notion there might have been about the leftys playoff problems -- he was 2-6 in the postseason until this series, with an ERA nearly twice what he has in the regular season -- is now a thing of the past.That (criticism) is ridiculous, Dodgers president Stan Kasten said, his dress shirt soaked with alcohol from the postgame festivities. Thats why I said to him, Dude, youre Mr. October.Kershaw worked two days after throwing 110 pitches over 6 2/3 innings in Game 4, when he had the benefit of only three days rest following his win in the opener against the Nationals.Nobody wants it more than him -- his tireless work ethic and how much he competes. And just for him to go up and tell them, Hey, I can come in and close this thing out if you need me, just says so much about the type of player he is, said Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner, whose two-run triple in the seventh helped L.A. build its lead. Hes a winner. Hes a champion.How unanticipated was Kershaws work as a reliever? Several hours before Thursdays game began, Roberts was asked whether Kershaw might be available at all -- maybe for just one out, say?No, came Roberts reply. Absolutely not.Turned out the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner would get a pair of outs in his first relief appearance since the 2009 playoffs.Clayton came to me in the seventh, Roberts said, and said that he had an inning if I needed it.Kershaw came in after Jansen got a career-high seven outs. Jansen walked Bryce Harper and Jayson Werth with one out in the ninth -- and thats when Roberts went to Kershaw.Kershaw wound up with his second pro save. His other came on Aug. 19, 2006, in the Gulf Coast League in a game against the Nationals rookie club.And Kershaws catcher that day a decade ago?Amazingly, none other than Jansen, who didnt begin pitching professionally until three years later.Jansen said he couldnt recall that particular game. He assured everyone hell never forget this one. When Kershaw walked from the dugout to the bullpen before removing his blue jacket to start warming up, he got fist bumps from teammates.In the tunnel that leads from the dugout to the visiting clubhouse, Jansen looked up at a TV and saw Kershaw getting ready to pitch. Jim Fox Jersey. Im like, Wait a minute. Am I dreaming right now? I couldnt believe it, Jansen said later, just socks on his feet and ski goggles on his head, leaning against a wall in a clubhouse hallway. Im like, Is Kersh warming up? Is he really out there?Sure was.L.A.s scoring all came in a four-run seventh off six Nationals pitchers, including Joc Pedersons homer off Max Scherzer.Its the craziest game Ive ever been a part of, said Scherzer, who took a no-hitter into the fifth. We just didnt get it done. No ones a goat. No one made a crucial misplay. Everybody stepped up and did their game. We just didnt get that extra run.Washington was leading 1-0 in the sixth, when Werth walked and Ryan Zimmerman smacked a two-out double to left. But third-base coach Bob Henley -- whose propensity for waving runners home led to a popular T-shirt among Nationals players that says, Send em short, send em tall, send em one, send em all -- sent Werth and saw him get thrown out easily on shortstop Corey Seagers relay.Wasnt even close.You live and die by those moments, sometimes, Werth said.And in the sort of blink-and-you-missed-it game-shifting sequence, Werths inning-ending, overzealous bid to score was followed immediately by Pedersons homer on Scherzers first -- and, it turned out, only -- pitch of the seventh.That began a rally that included a pinch-hit RBI single by 37-year-old pinch hitter Carlos Ruiz , helping L.A. go up 4-1.Then came pinch hitter Chris Heiseys two-run homer in the Washington seventh.Then came Jansen in an inning that took 66 minutes and included a total of eight pitchers.And then came Kershaw.The West champion Dodgers are back in the NLCS for the first time since 2013, but theyve lost in their previous three trips to that round, failing to make it to the World Series since they won their most recent championship in 1988.And Kershaw had a hand in all three NLDS wins.Looking him in the eye, I felt good about it, and the training staff gave the OK, Roberts said, so its only fitting for Clayton to get the last out right there.MATCHUPThe Cubs were 4-3 against the Dodgers this year. The only other time they met in the postseason was the 2008 NLDS, which L.A. swept.ONE-AND-DONEThe East champion Nationals are one-and-done in the playoffs yet again, losing in the NLDS yet again. Washington was beaten in five games in 2012 by St. Louis and in four games in 2014 by San Francisco. Take it back further, and a baseball club based in the nations capital hasnt won a postseason series since the old Senators were the 1924 World Series champions.Im not ready to go home, Nationals first-year manager Dusty Baker said. I havent been home since February, but I would have gladly stayed a couple more weeks.Marc Rzepczynski was the losing pitcher.YOUNG URIASDodgers LHP Julio Urias, who turned 20 in August, became the youngest pitcher to appear in the postseason since Cincinnatis Don Gullett was 19 in the 1970 World Series, the Dodgers said, citing STATS. Urias entered in the fifth and threw two scoreless innings and got the win. He walked Harper, then picked him off first base.MAKE THE MOVEBefore this year, Roberts was best known in the postseason for his ninth-inning steal as a pinch runner in Game of the 2004 ALCS that sparked Bostons comeback against the Yankees. Hell now also be remembered for his mound maneuvers that won this game -- he used three members of his rotation, plus his closer in a career-long outing.These are conversations that me, the front office, we have daily, about just kind of forward-thinking, being open-minded to how you can use guys in certain roles. And today was a prime example, Roberts said. ' ' '

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