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LOS ANGELES — The best way for the Los Angeles Dodgers to win this World Series, the thinking went, was to use their bullpen as little as possible. They would lean on starters and use relievers as a last resort.
In the 12th inning of Game 3 on Monday, only the last resort remained. Seven relievers had already handled the Toronto Blue Jays, leaving two rookie right-handers, Edgardo Henriquez and Will Klein. They had collected a combined zero outs in the National League playoffs and were the final names added to the World Series roster.
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So as Clayton Kershaw sliced his way through a bases-loaded jam in the 12th, using seven sliders and one 92-mph fastball, his hardest of the season — “I throw gas now,” Kershaw said, smiling — it was time for a pep talk from the bullpen support staff.
“We kind of pulled everybody together and said, ‘Hey, no matter what happens, what it’s going to look like, in whatever situat
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