Dodgers’ season comes to a stunning end in 10th-inning loss to Nationals
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Date: 2019-10-10

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Nationals finally break through to NLCS on Howie Kendrick’s 10th-inning grand slam.
How Dave Roberts' questionable moves and Clayton Kershaw's playoff woes led to Game 5 collapse for Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — It was a fastball that ran right into his bat, the kind of pitch you dream about in the backyard growing up, with the bases juiced and everything riding on whatever happens next. So Howie Kendrick used it to make Washington baseball history. He used it to hit a grand slam, shattering a tie in the 10th inning at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night, sending the Washington Nationals deeper into October than they’ve ever been before. That’s what he did.

It came at 9:23 p.m. in Los Angeles, on the ninth night of October, marking the exact moment that pushed the Nationals past the first round of the postseason. Finally. They beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-3, in Game 5 of the National League Division Series, and this is what an exorcism looks like on a baseball field: Four players trotting slowly around the bases while Joe Kelly shook his head on the mound. Their teammates spilling onto the dugout, stumbling onto the dirt, smiling and screaming and soon smacking Kendrick on the back once he crossed the plate. Then Kendrick hugging Manager Dave Martinez, his helmet torn off his bald head, his fists clenched and his shoulders shaking because this run wasn’t going to end like all the others.
And there was later that final sound, an eerie quiet inside Dodger Stadium, ushering the Nationals into a cramped clubhouse that they’d soak with champagne and beer. The offense did little against Dodgers starter Walker Buehler for 6 ⅔ innings. Then came back-to-back homers for Anthony Rendon and Juan Soto off Clayton Kershaw in the eighth, tying the game in two pitches, only setting up Kendrick to change, well, everything with one swing.