LOS ANGELES — Don’t make it weird.

That was Clayton Kershaw’s demand from his teammates, leading into his final regular-season start at Dodger Stadium. They didn’t – though Kershaw might have thought otherwise when they hung back in the dugout at the start of the game, leaving Kershaw alone on the mound to soak up one of many ovations Friday night.

But they did make it memorable.

Displaying the vulnerability of his final seasons but also the competitive will that will carry him to Cooperstown, Kershaw took the mound at Dodger Stadium for the last time – for now, perhaps forever – and gave up a leadoff home run, walked six and survived into the fifth inning only so that Dave Roberts could give him the proper exit, taking the ball from him and sending him out to a standing ovation followe

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