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SAN FRANCISCO -- Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly entered the eighth inning planning to take out Clayton Kershaw after the first batter. The left-hander retired Joe Panik on one pitch, and as Mattingly walked to the mound, he noticed Kershaw shaking his head and waving him back to the dugout. "At that point, who am I to stop him?" Mattingly said. Right now, seemingly nobody can. Kershaw struck out Buster Posey on three wicked sliders before getting Hunter Pence to fly out, and was done for real. Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect ninth to seal Kershaws major league-leading 19th win, and the Dodgers moved three games ahead of San Francisco in the NL West with a 4-2 victory over the Giants on Sunday. "Its obviously a huge series for us, and the way we did it is pretty cool," Kershaw said. Los Angeles leaned on its ace for the rubber game of a series that had been as topsy-turvy as any the NL West rivals have ever played. The Dodgers won 17-0 on Saturday after losing 9-0 to the Giants on Friday. Kershaw (19-3) boosted his credentials for the NL MVP and a third Cy Young Award with another big performance in a big start. The left-hander allowed seven hits, struck out nine and walked one in eight innings. He lowered his majors-best ERA to 1.70, and put the Dodgers in command of the division. "We kind of call him the big train, because he just keeps coming," Mattingly said. Matt Kemp hit his 20th homer, and Juan Uribe and A.J. Ellis each drove in a run to back Kershaws latest gem. Buster Posey and pinch-hitter Matt Duffy had RBI singles for San Francisco. The Dodgers and Giants have split 16 games this season. They have three games left against each other at Dodger Stadium next week, but San Francisco might be left trying to hold onto a wild card spot by then. The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the second when the Giants committed two throwing errors trying to nab a hustling Hanley Ramirez on the bases after Uribe singled, then Ellis had a sacrifice fly. The Giants cracked Kershaw in the third, though they wasted the opportunity. Posey singled home Petit before getting thrown out by centre fielder Yasiel Puig going for second, stranding Panik on third. "When you make a couple of mistakes and have a guy like Kershaw on the mound, it comes back to hurt you," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. San Francisco seemed to be regaining the momentum behind Petit (5-4) and the announced sellout crowd of 41,932, but Kemp ended that with one swing in the sixth. His two-run homer to left-centre put the Dodgers up 4-1, touching off another bubble-filled celebration in the visiting dugout at AT&T Park. Petit gave up four runs -- three earned -- and eight hits in seven innings. He struck out eight and walked none. Kershaw was thrown out at second by right fielder Hunter Pence trying to stretch a single into a double in the seventh. In the bottom half, Duffys bloop single sliced Los Angeles lead to 4-2. But Kershaw quickly squashed San Franciscos rally. He has gone at least eight innings in seven straight starts -- perhaps none bigger than his latest. "The way he finished," Ellis said, "kind of speaks a lot to his character and his will to win and his will to compete." DODGER COLLISION Dodgers 2B Dee Gordon and Puig got tangled up going for Duffys bloop in shallow centre field, but both stayed in the game. Mattingly said Puig collided with one of Gordons knees, which is just a little sore. TRAINERS ROOM Dodgers: RHP Carlos Frias (0-0, 3.91 ERA) will likely make his second career start Wednesday at Colorado in place of Hyun-Jin Ryu, who is scheduled to have an MRI on his troublesome left shoulder Monday. Giants: 1B Brandon Belt (concussion) will face pitchers before Mondays game at Arizona and will likely be activated Tuesday or Wednesday. UP NEXT Dodgers: RHP Roberto Hernandez (8-11, 4.04 ERA) starts the opener of a three-game series at Colorado on Monday. Giants: RHP Ryan Vogelsong (8-10, 3.90 ERA) takes the mound at Arizona on Monday. .com) - Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard notched a win, while second-seeded two-time champion Ana Ivanovic, third- seeded Australian Open runner-up Dominika Cibulkova and fifth seed Sabine Lisicki all exited the draw at the Generali Ladies Linz tennis event. . In the days leading up to the draft, TSN.ca and TSN Radio basketball analyst Duane Watson looks at some of the names that will be headlining the event. Tonight, Michigans Nik Stauskas of Mississauga, Ontario. http://www.cheaptexansjerseyssale.com/? ... ersey-sale. Or, for that matter, the aged. . Jonathan Crompton led the team to a 40-9 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Crompton threw three touchdown passes - two to Duron Carter and one to Brandon London - and Sean Whyte connected on four field goals to power the Alouettes to the win. . On Thursday, they signed former Browns linebacker DQwell Jackson. Terms of the deal were not immediately available.NEWCASTLE, England - Adam Johnson scored a 90th-minute winner as Sunderland beat Newcastle 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday for an unprecedented fourth straight victory in the north-east derby.The winger finished off a length-of-the-field counterattack with a volley inside the near post, scoring at St. James Park for the third season in a row to settle a low-quality and typically feisty derby.They must hate me here, said Johnson, who earlier squandered one of a series of great chances created by Sunderland in an open match.Less than a minute before the former Manchester City winger struck, Sunderland goalkeeper Costel Pantilimon produced the save of the game to tip over a rising shot from Moussa Sissoko. Ayoze Perez was also denied twice by Pantilimon as Newcastle came back strongly after being dominated for the first hour.dddddddddddd.Since ending Chelseas unbeaten start to the season with a 2-1 win on Dec. 6, Newcastle has lost three straight games to end the teams revival and the pressure is back on manager Alan Pardew.Sunderland climbed four points clear of the relegation zone and has lost just twice since its 8-0 hammering by Southampton on Oct. 8 — and those defeats were against Arsenal and Manchester City.Connor Wickham headed wide and was thwarted twice by Newcastle goalkeeper Jak Alnwick while strike partner Steven Fletcher volleyed against the crossbar in a first half dominated by Sunderland.We seem to rise to the occasion here, Johnson said.Sunderland manager Gus Poyet has won all three derbies he has been involved in. ' ' ' |
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