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Kershaw, Bumgarner duel tonight on MLB.TV
- Updated: September 19, 2016
It doesn’t get much better than Clayton Kershaw squaring off against Madison Bumgarner in a September showdown between postseason contenders.
Starting tonight at Chavez Ravine, the Dodgers and Giants add another chapter to their rivalry, and they’re sending two of the best pitchers in the world to the mound.
That duel highlights today’s 11-game slate of Major League action, and it’s not the only big matchup. The Orioles and Red Sox open a key American League East series in Baltimore; the Blue Jays and Mariners’ playoff pushes run into each other; and the Mets, looking to stay atop the National League Wild Card race, have their ace on the hill.
The best place to catch all the action is MLB.TV.
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Here’s what to watch for throughout the day (all times ET):
Main event: SFG@LAD, 10:10 p.m. Dodgers-Giants. Kershaw vs. Bumgarner. The spotlight is on the heavyweights at Dodger Stadium in their second-to-last series of the year, and the final one in Los Angeles.
The Dodgers lead the NL West by five games, and the Giants enter with a one-game lead for the second NL Wild Card. So the stakes will be high, as they seemingly always are between these teams in the stretch run of the season.
“We can’t take [our lead] for granted,” Kershaw said after his last start. “We’ve still got a lot of games against the Giants left.”
He’ll be making his third start since returning from a herniated disk in his lower back that kept him out for more than two months. The Dodgers’ ace looked like his old self his last time out, working around two rain delays to toss five innings of one-hit ball against the Yankees.
Bumgarner, meanwhile, is one of the front-runners for the …
