"Future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw spoke on how much the show of leadership meant to him and how it spoke to the Dodgers as a whole. "That's unbelievable," Kershaw said. "He just threw a complete game two days ago, cross-country travel, get in at four in the morning [on Sunday], one day rest basically, and go out and say he could pitch. Sometimes, that's what you need to win a World Series and we've got a lot of guys willing to sacrifice to do that.""
"The five and a half hour flight from Toronto won't show up on a stat sheet, but Yamamoto's 216 pitches and 18 innings from his last two starts certainly do. Kershaw played his part earlier in Game 3, making an appearance to generate a groundball (and a nifty defensive play from Tommy Edman) to close out the 12th inning. It had been 18 days since his last outing."
Game 3 lasted 18 innings and featured Will Klein allowing one hit across four scoreless innings, setting up Freddie Freeman's walk-off home run. Yoshinobu Yamamoto warmed up in the 16th inning after throwing consecutive complete games on two days' rest, signaling leadership and sacrifice. Yamamoto logged 216 pitches and 18 innings across his last two starts. Clayton Kershaw contributed earlier by inducing a groundball to end the 12th and praised teammates' willingness to sacrifice. Yamamoto's back-to-back complete games were the first in the postseason since 2001; the Dodgers aim to take a 3-2 lead before returning to Toronto.
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