LOS ANGELES -- Clayton Kershaw has pitched 18 seasons in a career that has him on course for Cooperstown. He’s won Cy Youngs, ERA titles and an MVP. He’s struck out more than 3,000 hitters and is currently chasing a third World Series ring, before he retires at season’s end.

If this was Kershaw’s last time on a mound, he might just have capped his illustrious career with the most important out he’s ever recorded.

Game 3 of the World Series was an instant classic -- a 6-5 Dodgers victory in 18 innings on Monday night at Dodger Stadium, giving Los Angeles a 2-1 lead in the series.

On the whole, it was a brilliant performance from a much-maligned Dodgers bullpen, which recorded the final 40 outs of the game, while allowing only one run. The highest-leverage of those outs belonged to

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