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Oct. 16 Clayton Kershaw postgame interview
- Updated: October 17, 2016
Q. Dave goes out there that last inning, talks to you, and Baez hits that ball. Are you thinking it has a chance to go out there?
CLAYTON KERSHAW: That’s your first freaking question? Yeah, I did. I thought it was out, for sure. He hit it pretty good. And yeah, after Dave came out and that, I kind of talked my way into it. I really wanted to — he was probably not going to trust me again after that, but, fortunately, he hit it at somebody, so it was good.Q. Did this game feel physically different at all for you, given the workload in the past few days?
CLAYTON KERSHAW: No, it felt pretty similar. I was a little more concerned with just, as a starting pitcher, you like to be routine-oriented and every four days kind of know what you’re going to do. So, obviously, my last few seven or eight days has been a little different, so just kind of going into the unexpected I think more than anything was a little bit — that was more so of my concern than the workload or anything like that.Q. Does your stuff feel sharper than it did Game 1 of the Division Series? Does it get increasingly better as you come further away from the disabled list?
CLAYTON KERSHAW: No, I don’t think so, I think it just kind of depends on the day.Q. Dave was saying that he had every intent to pull you out in the 7th. But it was the look in your eye and you just kind of kept repeating, “I got him, I got him, I know I can get him.” What was going through your mind at that point and what was it you were trying to convince him?
CLAYTON KERSHAW: I was just thought I could get him out, yeah, that was really it. Seeing Kenley warm up, just kind of wanted to — six outs is a lot to ask to get a save, and if we could kind of spare him one more sitting down in between innings only have to do it once as opposed to twice, that was part of it, I guess. But mainly I thought I could get him out and came really close to not doing …
