Oct 14, 2009 2:49 pm US/Pacific
Kershaw To Start Game 1, Billingsley To Bullpen
(CBS)
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Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw delivers against the Houston Astros during the fourth inning of their Major League Baseball game, Saturday, July 18, 2009, in Los Angeles.
AP
Clayton Kershaw will start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League championship series against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Manager Joe Torre says he went with the 21-year-old left-hander because he came up big in the Dodgers' division-clinching win against Colorado on Oct. 3.
Kershaw pitched six scoreless innings in that game, striking out his first five batters and retiring his first 11 in a row.
Torre announced his rotation for the NLCS on Wednesday.
The defending World Series champion Phillies will start left-hander Cole Hamels on Thursday at Dodger Stadium.
(CBS)
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