Washington at Los Angeles

There is no urgency on Washington to win, up 2-1, so they go with 23-year-old Joe Ross. Ross had his innings carefully monitored down the stretch after returning from injury and worked a total of 9+ innings over his last three starts. He allowed more hits than innings pitched this season and on the road, allowed 19 walks, 73 base runners in 57 innings. Will the team close it out tonight? The Washington franchise has not won a playoff series since it was the Montreal Expos in 1981, so this group is not used to winning playoff series. The Dodgers are on a 44-17 run at home and go with ace Clayton Kershaw (12-4, 1.69 ERA). He only threw 82 pitches in his last start, allowing two runs in seven innings. The Dodgers are 35-16 at home against a right-handed starter, plus 59-21 overall when Kershaw starts. L.A. has won 8 of the last 11 against Washington and the Nationals are 15-37 in this park. Play the Dodgers on the runline.