Game 7 slugging and a little bit of swagger gave the Dodgers the lead they needed to finally get past the Brewers and return to the Fall Classic.
Brewers starter Wade Miley was replaced by Brandon Woodruff after just five pitches -- a walk to Cody Bellinger -- in Game 5 of the NLCS against the Dodgers. The strategy didn't pan out, as Los Angeles cruised to a 5-2 win.
While the Dodgers' power game continued to come up short, it was an unsung hero's hustle that finally swung the momentum and possibly this NLCS in Los Angeles' favor.
With the Dodgers needing a big performance from their longtime ace, Clayton Kershaw delivered in a way he hadn't in quite some time.
Clayton Kershaw's start in Game 5 in the NL Championship Series is one of the biggest of his career -- and could be his last with the Dodgers.
"He's a player that has a history of those types of incidents," Brewers star Christian Yelich said of the Dodgers' Manny Machado.
