Short rest may not be option for Kershaw, Hill

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SAN DIEGO — While Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill have been penciled in to Games 1 and 2, respectively of the National League Division Series vs. the Nationals, their usage after that is still up in the air.

Los Angeles has still not decided on a No. 4 starter after Kenta Maeda, and with Kershaw and Hill both dealing with injury issues, pitching on short rest isn’t an automatic answer to that Game 4 situation.

“Right now it’s hard to predict. I think that Clayton’s [pitched on short rest] before in the past, and I don’t know if Rich has,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. “I don’t think he has. And so I think that’s something that we’ll talk about as we get closer.

“And obviously it’s all contingent upon how the series is …

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